/etc/conf.d/mldonkey contains LOG parameter, that should be used as log file name. # cat /etc/conf.d/mldonkey | grep LOG LOG="/var/log/mldonkey.log" USE_LOGGER=false # /etc/init.d/mldonkey start * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Starting mldonkey ... [ ok ] # ls /var/log/mldonkey.log ls: cannot access /var/log/mldonkey.log: No such file or directory It looks like this parameter isn't using in mldonkey startup script: # cat /etc/init.d/mldonkey | grep LOG ${USE_LOGGER} && use logger Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set up LOG parameter to something 2. Start mldonkey 3. Check log file Actual Results: Log file does not creates. Expected Results: Correct logging to specified file. Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.23-gentoo-r8 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.23-gentoo-r8 i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz Timestamp of tree: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:47:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.4 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r9 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/home/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/" LANG="ru_RU.utf8" LC_ALL="POSIX" LINGUAS="ru en" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/home/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-portage/" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi aim alsa apache2 berkdb bzip2 cairo cdr cgi cli cracklib crypt dbus dvd dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo exif fam ffmpeg firebird firefox flac fortran ftp gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 hal iconv icq isdnlog jabber java javascript jpeg jpeg2k kdehiddenvisibility mad mikmod mime mmx mp3 mpeg mplayer mudflap mysql ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl php png pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline real reflection samba sdl session spell spl sqlite sse sse2 ssl svg tcpd tiff timidity truetype unicode usb vorbis wifi win32codecs x86 xine xml xorg xv xvid zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="ru en" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vesa nv nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Please read the comments in /etc/conf.d/mldonkey... USE_LOGGER=false is for logging to *syslog*
You haven't understand me. I don't need USE_LOGGER, I need LOG file. USE_LOGGER is set to false.
(In reply to comment #2) > I don't need USE_LOGGER, I need LOG file. USE_LOGGER is set to false. USE_LOGGER=false has *nothing* to do with the LOG stuff; it's used for logging via virtual/logger (such as syslog-ng). If you don't want stuff logged to LOG, then set it to /dev/null as said in the comments in /etc/conf.d/mldonkey...
If and you want something logged, then do touch $LOG (like, touch /var/log/mldonkey.log).