[syslog-ng] defining stats() option causes syntax error when starting syslog-ng

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My syslog is filled with STATS lines every 2 minutes so I decided to 
delay the stats every 1 hour, or 3600 seconds.  I added this to my 
options line but it causes a syntax error in the conf. The problem also 
occurred in the previous 1.9 build.

Slackware 10.2
# uname -a && syslog-ng -V
Linux santo 2.6.14.3 #1 Wed Dec 7 22:59:32 EST 2005 i686 unknown unknown 
GNU/Linux
syslog-ng 1.9.8

# cat /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf | grep options
options { stats(3600); long_hostnames(off); sync(0); };

I stop and start syslog-ng.  rc.syslog is a script i found but it also 
happens when just executing syslog-ng by itself.

root at santo:/etc/rc.d# ./rc.syslog start
syslog-ng service starting.
syntax error at 12
root at santo:/etc/rc.d#

Now I remove the stats() option

# cat /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf | grep options
options { long_hostnames(off); sync(0); };
root at santo:/etc/rc.d# ./rc.syslog start
syslog-ng service starting.
root at santo:/etc/rc.d#

syslog-ng starts successfully

Thanks for any help you may be able to provide

-Sean