Problems with Sys::Syslog::setlogsock on Solaris 2.6

coreolyn has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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

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(tye)Re: Problems with Sys::Syslog::setlogsock on Solaris 2.6 by tye (Sage) on Feb 02, 2001 at 23:44 UTC
Change `&_PATH_LOG` to `_PATH_LOG()`. - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: (tye)Re: Problems with Sys::Syslog::setlogsock on Solaris 2.6 by coreolyn (Parson) on Feb 02, 2001 at 23:47 UTC
Excellent! Thanks! coreolyn	[reply]
Re: (tye)Re: Problems with Sys::Syslog::setlogsock on Solaris 2.6 by coreolyn (Parson) on Feb 03, 2001 at 02:07 UTC
Damn.. thought that was too easy.. got me past the programs init but once it tries to write all hell breaks loose. Seems Solaris 2.6 doesn't provide _PATH_INFO reference. coreolyn	[reply]
Re: Problems with Sys::Syslog::setlogsock on Solaris 2.6 by coreolyn (Parson) on Feb 03, 2001 at 02:32 UTC
Got it! On Solaris 2.6 you need to change the value to &LOG_SYSLOG coreolyn	[reply]
Re: Re: Problems with Sys::Syslog::setlogsock on Solaris 2.6 by Anonymous Monk on Nov 19, 2002 at 20:25 UTC
Yep that was it for IRIX 6.5.13 also. change the value to &LOG_SYSLOG	[reply]