--- acpid-1.0.10-netlink3/acpid.c	2009-05-02 05:22:00.000000000 +0300
+++ acpid-1.0.10-netlink3-patched/acpid.c	2010-03-05 22:20:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 static const char *pidfile = ACPID_PIDFILE;
 static int netlink;
 
+static int no_log;
+
 int
 main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@
 		{"netlink", 0, 0, 'n'},
 		{"version", 0, 0, 'v'},
 		{"help", 0, 0, 'h'},
+		{"no-logging", 0, 0, 'N'},
 		{NULL, 0, 0, 0},
 	};
 	const char *opts_help[] = {
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@
 		"Force netlink/input layer mode. (overrides -e)", /* netlink */
 		"Print version information.",		/* version */
 		"Print this message.",			/* help */
+		"Do not do any logging at all.",	/* no-logging */
 	};
 	struct option *opt;
 	const char **hlp;
@@ -261,11 +265,14 @@
 	for (;;) {
 		int i;
 		i = getopt_long(*argc, *argv,
-		    "c:C:de:flg:m:s:Sp:L:nvh", opts, NULL);
+		    "Nc:C:de:flg:m:s:Sp:L:nvh", opts, NULL);
 		if (i == -1) {
 			break;
 		}
 		switch (i) {
+		case 'N':
+			no_log = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'c':
 			confdir = optarg;
 			break;
@@ -396,7 +403,9 @@
 	if (acpid_debug) {
 		log_opts |= LOG_PERROR;
 	}
-	openlog(PACKAGE, log_opts, LOG_DAEMON);
+	if (!no_log) {
+		openlog(PACKAGE, log_opts, LOG_DAEMON);
+	}
 
 	/* set up stdin, stdout, stderr to /dev/null */
 	if (dup2(nullfd, STDIN_FILENO) != STDIN_FILENO) {
@@ -476,6 +485,9 @@
 #endif
 acpid_log(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
+	if (no_log) {
+		return 0;
+	}
 	va_list args;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);