[plt-scheme] Possible bug in the --syslog argument?

From: Matthew Flatt (mflatt at cs.utah.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 29 10:42:29 EDT 2008

Did you mean to use `--stderr', which controls output to stderr? 
The `--syslog' flag controls output the the system log.

At Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:41:29 +0100, Dave Gurnell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm not sure if I'm doing this wrong or if the --syslog argument is  
> being ignored. The comments below describe what I expect to happen,  
> and they don't always match the actual outcome:
> 
>      $ mzscheme --syslog info
>      Welcome to MzScheme v4.0.2.5 [3m], Copyright (c) 2004-2008 PLT  
> Scheme Inc.
>      > (log-info "X")    ; should print "X"
>      > (log-warning "X") ; should print "X"
>      > (log-error "X")   ; should print "X"
>      X
>      > ^D
> 
>      .....
> 
>      $ mzscheme --syslog fatal
>      Welcome to MzScheme v4.0.2.5 [3m], Copyright (c) 2004-2008 PLT  
> Scheme Inc.
>      > (log-error "X")   ; should not print "X"
>      X
>      > ^D
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> -- Dave
> 
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