I have implemented the following version:

 

syslog-ng -V
syslog-ng 3.0.1
Revision: ssh+git://bazsi@git.balabit//var/scm/git/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-ose--mainline--3.0#master#93a342dae3a2b0cb15811d0c34ea7f58b3fba14e
Compile-Date: Mar 13 2009 16:29:42
Enable-Threads: off
Enable-Debug: on
Enable-GProf: off
Enable-Memtrace: off
Enable-Sun-STREAMS: off
Enable-Sun-Door: off
Enable-IPv6: on
Enable-Spoof-Source: on
Enable-TCP-Wrapper: on
Enable-SSL: on
Enable-SQL: off
Enable-Linux-Caps: off
Enable-Pcre: off

 

When I try to implement file inclusion, I get an error at the point where I include the file.  I essentially cut the section out of the main syslog-ng.conf file, place it into a new file and replace the area cut in the main syslog-ng.conf file with:

 

include "/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-local.conf";

 

When I do this I get the following error on service start:

 

service syslog-ng start
Starting syslog-ng: syntax error in /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf at line 114.
                                                           [FAILED]