From mike808@users.sourceforge.net

Created by mike808@users.sourceforge.net

I also ran into this problem using Log​::Log4perl, which in turn uses
Log​::Dispatch, which in turn uses Sys​::Syslog.

I was running into problems with Sys​::Syslog​::setlogsock not being able to
send a message to the syslog daemon.

On Solaris, it seems that the macro _PATH_LOG() is not defined in sys/syslog.h.

I found the following thread on Perlmonks from 2001. Can we please get
Sys​::Syslog.pm fixed to take into account the fact that Solaris and IRIX
do not have this macro defined in /usr/include/sys/syslog.h.

Instead, per the solution from the thread it should use LOG_SYSLOG().

This is still occurring in 2003 with Perl 5.8.0 on Solaris 2.8 for sparc.

Mike808
mike808@​users.sourceforge.net

From http​://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?replies=1&node_id=56073&displaytype=print

Problems with Sys​::Syslog​::setlogsock on Solaris 2.6
by coreolyn on Feb 02, 2001 at 23​:36 UTC
http​://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=56073

I've run into a problem with executing the following on a Solaris 2.6 box
with a source build of 5.6.0

Sys​::Syslog​::setlogsock("unix")

I recieve back
Usage​: Sys​::Syslog​::_PATH_LOG() at
+/home/perl/5.6.0/lib/5.6.0/sun4-solaris/Sys/Syslog.pm line 277

Line 277 of Sys​::Syslog.pm is

my $syslog = &_PATH_LOG || croak "_PATH_LOG not found in syslog.ph";

Looking in the syslog.ph I verify that _PATH_LOG indeed is NOT listed there.
Tracing back to /usr/include/syslog.h and sys/syslog.h I find no reference
there either.

Any Suggestions?

coreolyn

And the solution​:

by coreolyn on Feb 02, 2001 at 21​:07
Seems Solaris 2.6 doesn't provide _PATH_INFO reference.
coreolyn

by coreolyn on Feb 02, 2001 at 21​:32
Got it! On Solaris 2.6 you need to change the value to &LOG_SYSLOG

by Anonymous Monk on Nov 19, 2002 at 15​:25
Yep that was it for IRIX 6.5.13 also. change the value to &LOG_SYSLOG

Flags:
    category=core
    severity=medium

Site configuration information for perl v5.8.0:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 0) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=solaris, osvers=2.8, archname=sun4-solaris
    uname='sunos solaris 5.8 generic_108528-11 sun4u sparc sunw,ultra-5_10 '
    config_args='-Dcc=gcc -B/usr/ccs/bin/'


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From @jhi

This has been addressed in Perl 5.8.1-to-be slightly differently, namely so that if
the /dev/log is not accessible the /dev/conslog device is used instead. This should
work both for Solaris and IRIX.

@jhi - Status changed from 'new' to 'resolved'