Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dev!generous
From: generous@dev.dtic.dla.mil (Curtis Generous)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: problems with syslog.pl (PL18)
Keywords: syslog.pl, problem
Message-ID: <3638@dev.dtic.dla.mil>
Date: 13 Apr 90 13:48:40 GMT
Organization: Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), Alexandria VA
Lines: 27

Relevant info:
$Header: perly.c,v 3.0.1.5 90/03/27 16:20:57 lwall Locked $
Patch level: 18

MtXINU More/BSD 4.3 on a VAX.

The lateset syslog.pl that was distributed (the one modified by Larry Wall
to use sockets) fails quietly if it's unable to local ...lib/perl/syslog.h.  
I narrowed down the problem down to this line in syslog.pl:

do '/usr/local/lib/perl/syslog.h'
	|| die "syslog: Can't do syslog.h: ",($@||$!),"\n";
					     ^^^^^^^^^
				it seems that this is the culprit

I'm not real clear as to why it fails, but just replacing with:

	|| die "syslog: Can't do syslog.h: ";

at least causes an error message to be displayed.

--curtis
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