in /usr/portage/net-p2p/transmission/files/transmission-daemon.initd.5 /usr/bin/transmission-daemon is always called with "--logfile" option so there is no other way to use syslog (syslog is used when --logfile isn't set) than modifying the init script. Reproducible: Always
Thank you for report. What do you think about such change: --- /usr/portage/net-p2p/transmission/files/transmission-daemon.initd.5 2010-11-11 19:06:58.000000000 +0300 +++ transmission-daemon.initd.6 2010-12-29 11:57:53.000000000 +0300 @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ ebegin "Starting transmission daemon" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background --pidfile ${pidfile} ${SSD_OPTIONS} \ - --exec /usr/bin/transmission-daemon -- --pid-file ${pidfile} --logfile ${logfile} \ + --exec /usr/bin/transmission-daemon -- --pid-file ${pidfile} \ + $(test ${logfile} != "none" && echo --logfile ${logfile}) \ ${TRANSMISSION_OPTIONS} eend $? } Will it work for you if you set logfile=none in /etc/conf.d/transmission ?
I think it's good .. For my part I changed "none" to "syslog" with an explanation in the /etc/conf.d/transmission-daemon file.
Fixed in 2.21. 2.21 is hardmasked due to libevent-2, but I hope we are close to unmasking... Thank you for report!
