Important notice to Sys::Syslog users

Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni, sebastien@aperghis.net

The Rules of Sys::Syslog

  • Users of Sys::Syslog must now conform to the following rules

  • Why?

  • Because

The Rules of Sys::Syslog

First Rule of Sys::Syslog

  • You do not call syslog() before openlog()

Second Rule of Sys::Syslog

  • You do not call syslog() before openlog()

Third Rule of Sys::Syslog

  • The program crashes, dies, calls closelog(), the log is over

Fourth Rule of Sys::Syslog

  • One facility, one priority

Fifth Rule of Sys::Syslog

  • One log at a time

Sixth Rule of Sys::Syslog

  • No setlogsock()

Seventh Rule of Sys::Syslog

  • Logs will go on as long as they have to

Eighth and Final Rule of Sys::Syslog

  • If this is your first use of Sys::Syslog, you must read the documentation

Last piece of advice

  • Update with the latest CPAN version

  • Bugfixes

  • Bugfixes

  • Bugfixes

  • New features

    • native Unix support

    • Win32 support

Thanks