Syslog.h?

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friedmud · Post by **friedmud** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:43 pm

Does anyone know what package provides syslog.h?

I'm getting some undefined references to stuff defined in syslog.h... like "openlog()" while trying to compile some programs... and I can't figure out what package is even supposed to provide it...

Friedmud

IQgryn · Post by **IQgryn** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:47 pm

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me@iqgryn ~ $ equery belongs syslog.h
[ Searching for file(s) syslog.h in *... ]
sys-libs/glibc-2.5 (/usr/include/syslog.h)
sys-libs/glibc-2.5 (/usr/include/sys/syslog.h)
sys-libs/glibc-2.5 (/usr/include/bits/syslog.h)

Looks like glibc to me.

friedmud · Post by **friedmud** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:01 pm

Thanks IQ....

Hmmm.... so why undefined references.... sigh.

Friedmud

IQgryn · Post by **IQgryn** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:05 pm

What packages are giving you trouble?

isoflux · Post by **isoflux** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:46 pm

syslog.h is provided by glibc, but the libraries are provided by a syslog daemon. There are a few packages that provide the syslog daemon and libraries.

To see if you have any of them installed, run:

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equery list | grep 'sysk\?log'

The two most common ones are syskolgd and syslog-ng. If you don't have them (or another syslog package) installed,

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emerge syslog-ng

Then you should be able to use the syslog library call. You will also need to start your syslog daemon for your messages to show up in /var/log.

friedmud · Post by **friedmud** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:23 am

Thanks for the reply.

I'm actually not working in an environment where I can be root... or use emerge... so that makes things more difficult.

I have my own "root" that I build and install stuff into in /home/username/root ... I have tried building syslogng myself, and installing it into this area... but for some reason it doesn't seem to be installing anything other than the syslogng executable.

Maybe tomorrow I'll try sysklogd instead...

Thanks for the help!

Friedmud