syslog(3) inconsistency

DISCUSSION walter harms 1 participant 1 message Mar 24, 2017 Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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2017-03-24 17:00 UTC #0 lore raw

Am 24.03.2017 15:40, schrieb Michael Kerrisk (man-pages):

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Hello Ian,
Quoted 5 lines · Ian Abbott
Hi,
The first parameter of syslog() is called priority in the man-page, except in the breakdown of the possible log levels, where it is called level.
Your report doesn't say clearly which pieces of text you find to be incorrect, but I wonder if you have missed this sentence in the man page:

Quoted 6 lines

The priority argument is formed by ORing the facility and the level values (explained below).
If you still think there's a problem in the man page, could you please describe the problem in more detail.

I thing i have an idea what he is talking about. One option os simply repeating the priority=(facility|level) sentence as below. Otherwise a simple example would also be helpful.

re,
wh

syslog.3 renamed from syslog.3.org +9 -0

@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@
 .TP
 .B LOG_PID
 Include PID with each message.
+
+.in 3
+The
+.B priority
+argument is formed by ORing the
+.I facility
+and the
+.I level
+values (explained below).
 .SS facility
 The
 .I facility

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