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Attached is a diff -c patch for the changes to Sys::Syslog.pm described
below.

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Dan Peterson Internet: pete@spry.com
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On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, Tim Bunce wrote:

>
> > From: Dan Peterson <pete@spry.com>
> >
> > The Sys::Syslog module doesn't contain the correct values for the
> > communications domain, and the socket type. The best way I've heard to
> > fix the problem is to use the macros defined by Socket.pm.
>
> Yes.
>
> > Another problem is that for some reason Solaris won't let you connect to
> > localhost. You must use the actual hostname for the local machine. I
> > haven't looked into the reason for this. The only solution I've seen for
> > this is to make the default host `hostname` instead of "localhost".
> >
> > Here's a diff between the 5.001n distribution and my modified version.
> >
> > /usr/local/lib/perl5: diff Sys/Syslog.pm.dist Sys/Syslog.pm.solaris
> > 8a9,10
> > > use Socket;
> > >
> > 37c39
> > < $host = 'localhost' unless $host; # set $Syslog::host to change
> > ---
> > > chop($host = `hostname`) unless $host; # set $Syslog::host to change
>
> `hostname` won't work on systems that don't have BSD commands installed.
> use Sys::Hostname; and hostname() instead.
>
> Could you post a diff -c patch that includes those changes (that's
> the best way to make sure it gets included).
>
> Tim.
>