syslog.conf (5) man error?

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Mar 23), Theodore Trubetskoy said:
> I'm wondering if it is an error in the syslog.conf man.
> 
> man in DESCRIPTION part states:
> 
> "A block will only log messages corresponding to the most recent
> program and hostname specifications given."
> 
> And EXAMPLES part reads:
> "
>     # Save ftpd transactions along with mail and news
>     !ftpd
>     *.*			/var/log/spoolerr
> 
>     # Log all security messages to a separate file.
>     security.* 		/var/log/security
> 
>     # Log all writes to /dev/console to a separate file.
>     console.*			/var/log/console.log
> "
> What means that security and console facilities messages will be
> logged only if they came from ftpd program, and obviously this was
> not intended in the example.
> 
> If you agree it is an error, what is the right way to correct one?

I think each example was meant to stand alone, but it might be nice if
the ftpd example had a "!*" line at the end, to show how to reset the
program specification back to the default in a real config file.
 
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	Dan Nelson
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