in reply to Re^2: close_xs is not a valid Sys::Syslog macro (UtS,L)
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I bet your test scripts do not define SIG{__DIE__}, and your production script does. I just a SIG{__DIE__} handler to an old script, and suddenly I started getting the close_xs error. I added "return if $^S;" to the top of my handler, and the issue went away. At least with Syslog.pm version 0.18, the close_xs call is made within an eval.
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