falcon#> gdb /opt/syslog-ng/sbin/syslog-ng
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(gdb) r
Starting program: /opt/syslog-ng/sbin/syslog-ng
[New LWP    2        ]
[New LWP    3        ]
[New LWP    4        ]

Program received signal SIGTERM, Terminated.
0xef5f73bc in _libc_pause ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0xef5f73bc in _libc_pause ()
#1  0xef595d80 in pause ()
#2  0x16a14 in main ()
(gdb) quit
The program is running.  Exit anyway? (y or n) y
 

Balazs Scheidler wrote:

 
hmm... thanks, but this still doesn't help much. Try running syslog-ng withing
gdb, and "bt" when it gets killed.

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