--- /etc/init.d/orig-functions.sh	2004-08-03 10:17:12.000000000 -0700
+++ /etc/init.d/functions.sh	2004-08-03 14:02:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -343,6 +343,23 @@ esyslog() {
 	return 0
 }
 
+# void elog(char *type, char *message)
+# 
+#    called from einfo/ewarn/eerror to log output IF INVOKED FROM AN EBUILD
+#
+elog() {
+    [ "X$EBUILD_PHASE" == "X" ] && return 0
+    [ -x /usr/bin/logger ] || return 0
+
+    LTYPE=${1:-debug}
+    shift 1
+    tag=ebuild
+    intro="${EBUILD_PHASE:-??}.${LTYPE} (${CATEGORY}/${PF}) "
+    /usr/bin/logger -p "user.${LTYPE}" -t "${tag}" -- "${intro}$@"
+    return 0
+}
+
+
 # void einfo(char* message)
 #
 #    show an informative message (with a newline)
@@ -353,6 +370,8 @@ einfo() {
 		echo -e " ${GOOD}*${NORMAL} ${*}"
 	fi
 
+	elog info "$@"
+
 	return 0
 }
 
@@ -366,6 +385,8 @@ einfon() {
 		echo -ne " ${GOOD}*${NORMAL} ${*}"
 	fi
 
+	elog info "$@"
+
 	return 0
 }
 
@@ -384,6 +405,8 @@ ewarn() {
 	# Log warnings to system log
 	esyslog "daemon.warning" "rc-scripts" "${*}"
 
+	elog warning "$@"
+
 	return 0
 }
 
@@ -402,6 +425,8 @@ eerror() {
 	# Log errors to system log
 	esyslog "daemon.err" "rc-scripts" "${*}"
 
+	elog err "$@"
+
 	return 0
 }