Re: Syslog and pg_options (for RPMs)

From: "Dominic J(dot) Eidson" <sauron(at)the-infinite(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Syslog and pg_options (for RPMs)
Date: 2001-02-09 03:58:45
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0102082157070.12094-100000@morannon.the-infinite.org
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Tom Lane wrote:

> ncm(at)zembu(dot)com (Nathan Myers) writes:
> > The Linux page says just:
> > HISTORY
> > A syslog function call appeared in BSD 4.2.
> > Normally if there's a standard they mention it.
>
> Yes, the HP man pages also trace it to BSD. I'm surprised syslog
> (apparently) hasn't made it into any formal standard.

"man syslog" shows the above, "man logger" however, shows this:

STANDARDS
The logger command is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'') compati-
ble.

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