Bug#640654: Fails to determinate log file path

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2012-12-16 Klaus Ethgen <Klaus at Ethgen.de> wrote:
> Am So den 16. Dez 2012 um 18:34 schrieb Andreas Metzler:
> > > The eximon script fails to determinate the location of the log file if
> > > it is set to ':syslog' or 'syslog:'.
 
> > Just out of interest: Why would one set
> > log_file_path = :syslog
> > instead of 
> > log_file_path = syslog

> Due the syslog lines could be cut or wrapped around. For the normal
> stuff I need the normal mainlog but for remote logging I need to log via
> syslog.

Ah, I did not realize this gave you _both_ regular log and syslog.

Looks like we have stumbled upon a another bug. ;-) 
log_file_path = :
and
log_file_path =
behave differently.

cu andreas
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