diff -Nurb old/rsyslog new/rsyslog
--- old/rsyslog	2009-08-11 20:10:34.844160033 +0100
+++ new/rsyslog	2009-08-11 20:10:29.452165265 +0100
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   chown syslog:syslog $KMSG_PIPE
 
   # shovel /proc/kmsg to pipe readable by syslog user
-  start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $KMSG_PIDFILE --exec /bin/dd -b -m -- if=/proc/kmsg of=$KMSG_PIPE
+  start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile $KMSG_PIDFILE --exec /bin/dd -b -m -- bs=1 if=/proc/kmsg of=$KMSG_PIPE
 
 	# Return
 	#   0 if daemon has been started
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
 	rm -f $KMSG_PIDFILE $KMSG_PIPE
 }
 
+do_reload()
+{
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $RSYSLOGD_PIDFILE --name $RSYSLOGD 
+}
+
 create_xconsole() {
 	if [ ! -e /dev/xconsole ]
 	then
@@ -120,7 +125,12 @@
 	esac
 
 	;;
-  reload|force-reload|restart)
+  reload)
+	log_daemon_msg "Reloading $DESC" "$NAME"
+	do_reload
+	log_end_msg $?
+	;;
+  force-reload|restart)
 	$0 stop
 	$0 start
 	;;