I recently ran into this bug, too (on an Ubuntu Precise system, running bsdutils 1:2.20.1-1ubuntu3), and in my investigation discovered that a similar patch has been applied upstream to fix this bug:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git/commit/?id=86248cd28a27bdd9a437e389966b0415e106802e Also, for what it's worth, I realized that because of specifics of the conditionals used in the buggy branches of code one can actually trick the v2.20 "logger" into sending over UDP by specifying both "-n" and "-u" options at the same time: $ logger -n myloghost -u FOO -p local0.info "test log message" $ echo "another test message" | logger -n myloghost -u FOO -p local0.info (Specifically, when both options are specified the socket-path given for the "-u" option is ignored -- but the fact the option is specified triggers logger to go ahead and use the UDP connection set up by the "-n" option rather than incorrectly going down the "builtin syslog routines" code path.) Nathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
