acpid should use syslog instead of a dedicated logfile

[Dominik Kubla]

Binary package hint: acpid

acpid uses /var/log/acpid as logfile. This is configurable with the -l option. However from the manual page it is not apparent whether acpid can use the standard syslog mechanism. (I would propose to use the special keyword "syslog".)

By default this should be used unless there is a very convincing argument against it.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Thank you for your bug report.
This is fixed in acpid 1.0.6:
  - Use syslog() for logging (acpid.c, event.c, acpid.h) (Stefan Seyfried
    <email address hidden>)

This is in Debian already and will likely enter Ubuntu for Intrepid.

(I could not find anything about an "-l" option in acpid?!)

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

> (I could not find anything about an "-l" option in acpid?!)

Just found the reason for this: I'm already using acpid 1.0.6-5.1ubuntu1 (merged by myself, for testing) locally.

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi,

This change has been merged from Debian in Intrepid.

Thanks,

James