[syslog-ng]lost logs when using syslog-ng on Linux due to /dev/log reopen

[Borsenkow Andrej]

=F7 =F7=D3=CB, 02.06.2002, =D7 14:18, Balazs Scheidler =
=CE=C1=D0=C9=D3=C1=CC:
>=20
> I'm going to address this issue by adding several features to =
syslog-ng 2:
>=20
> * flow controlled message paths
> * disk buffering of messages when a destination is absent
> * maybe a preloadable shared library, which changes the syslog ()
>   implementation in libc
>=20

The last is what I was about to suggest. Thank you.

The second one looks really tricky to me (in client that is); may be
creating a hidden file (creat and then unlink) is a way to go.

anyway, thank you for a good program

-andrej=20