why dont you use the latest version ?
When I tried to install syslog-ng-1.6.2-1 (the lastest compiled version I've found for Suse), I had this error: error: failed dependencies: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) is needed by syslog-ng-1.6.2-1 So, I tri to upgrade glibc, but... error: failed dependencies: glibc = 2.2.5 is needed by lsb-runtime-1.2-37 glibc = 2.2.5 is needed by glibc-devel-2.2.5-213 glibc = 2.2.5 is needed by glibc-locale-2.2.5-213 libdb.so.2 is needed by db-utils-4.0.14-194 libdb.so.2 is needed by gnome-libs-1.4.1.7-134 libdb.so.2 is needed by gdk-pixbuf-0.18.0-108 libdb.so.2 is needed by xchat-1.8.10-59 libdb.so.2 is needed by eel-1.0.2-509 libdb.so.2 is needed by gnome-print-0.36-210 libdb.so.2 is needed by libglade-0.16-835 libdb.so.2 is needed by medusa-0.5.1-644 libdb.so.2 is needed by rpm-3.0.6-418 libdb.so.2 is needed by bonobo-1.0.20-221 libdb.so.2 is needed by bonobo-conf-0.14-505 libdb.so.2 is needed by susewm-3.6.0-159 libdb.so.2 is needed by kdebase3-SLES-8-73 libdb.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by db-utils-4.0.14-194 libdb.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by gnome-libs-1.4.1.7-134 libdb.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by rpm-3.0.6-418 libdb.so.2(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by susewm-3.6.0-159 As I don't want to upgrade all these items, I prefeer not to install it.
* app-admin/syslog-ng Latest version available: 1.6.5-r1 Latest version installed: 1.6.5-r1 Size of downloaded files: 387 kB Homepage: http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog_ng/ Description: syslog replacement with advanced filtering features License: GPL-2
i got php-syslog-ng working perfectly, i even hacked it to my needs.. its great.
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