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-rw-r--r--sysdep/unix/log.c11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sysdep/unix/log.c b/sysdep/unix/log.c
index 7cb26360..b90bbbd2 100644
--- a/sysdep/unix/log.c
+++ b/sysdep/unix/log.c
@@ -284,17 +284,18 @@ log_switch(int debug, list *l, char *new_syslog_name)
current_log_list = l;
#ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
- if (current_syslog_name && new_syslog_name &&
- !strcmp(current_syslog_name, new_syslog_name))
+ char *old_syslog_name = current_syslog_name;
+ current_syslog_name = new_syslog_name;
+
+ if (old_syslog_name && new_syslog_name &&
+ !strcmp(old_syslog_name, new_syslog_name))
return;
- if (current_syslog_name)
+ if (old_syslog_name)
closelog();
if (new_syslog_name)
openlog(new_syslog_name, LOG_CONS | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_DAEMON);
-
- current_syslog_name = new_syslog_name;
#endif
}