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-rw-r--r--gnu/services/base.scm3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm
index 6389148231..fc604f029a 100644
--- a/gnu/services/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/base.scm
@@ -1678,7 +1678,8 @@ reload its settings file.")))
;; action work as intended.
(start #~(make-forkexec-constructor
(list #$(syslog-configuration-syslogd config)
- #$(string-append "--rcfile=" syslog.conf)
+ ;; the -f option here is compatible with rsyslog
+ #$(string-append "-f " syslog.conf)
#$@(syslog-configuration-extra-options config))
#:file-creation-mask #o137
#:pid-file "/var/run/syslog.pid"))