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+SUMMARY = "System Log Daemons"
+DESCRIPTION = "The sysklogd package implements two system log daemons: syslogd, klogd"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.infodrom.org/projects/sysklogd/"
+SECTION = "base"
+
+LICENSE = "GPLv2+ & BSD"
+LICENSE_syslogd = "BSD"
+LICENSE_klogd = "GPLv2+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8ca43cbc842c2336e835926c2166c28b \
+                    file://syslogd.c;beginline=2;endline=15;md5=77ffb2fec48c46d7ca0abb2d5813e7fd \
+                    file://klogd.c;beginline=2;endline=19;md5=7e87ed0ae6142de079bce738c10c899d \
+                   "
+
+inherit update-rc.d update-alternatives
+
+SRC_URI = "http://www.infodrom.org/projects/sysklogd/download/sysklogd-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://no-strip-install.patch \
+           file://sysklogd \
+           file://syslog.conf \
+           "
+
+SRC_URI_append_e500v2 = " file://no-vectorization.patch"
+
+INITSCRIPT_NAME = "syslog"
+CONFFILES_${PN} = "${sysconfdir}/syslog.conf.${BPN}"
+
+CFLAGS_append = " -DSYSV"
+
+do_install () {
+	install -d ${D}${mandir}/man8 \
+			${D}${mandir}/man5 \
+			${D}${base_sbindir}
+	oe_runmake 'BINDIR=${D}${base_sbindir}' \
+			'MANDIR=${D}${mandir}' install
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}
+	install -m 644 ${WORKDIR}/syslog.conf ${D}${sysconfdir}/syslog.conf
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
+	install -m 755 ${WORKDIR}/sysklogd ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog
+}
+
+# sysklogd package has no internal systemd support, so we weigh busybox's
+# sysklogd utility over it in case of systemd
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','10','100',d)}"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "syslogd klogd syslog-init syslog-conf"
+
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[syslogd] = "${base_sbindir}/syslogd"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[klogd] = "${base_sbindir}/klogd"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[syslog-init] = "${sysconfdir}/init.d/syslog"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[syslog-conf] = "${sysconfdir}/syslog.conf"
+
+pkg_prerm_${PN} () {
+	if test "x$D" = "x"; then
+	if test "$1" = "upgrade" -o "$1" = "remove"; then
+		/etc/init.d/syslog stop
+	fi
+	fi
+}