Index: src/logging.c
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RCS file: /data/cvs/libxen/src/logging.c,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 logging.c
--- src/logging.c	15 Jan 2009 19:56:05 -0000	1.6
+++ src/logging.c	20 Jan 2009 19:33:28 -0000
@@ -626,14 +626,20 @@
     return(len);
 }
 
+static char *current_ident = NULL;
+
 static void virLogCloseSyslog(void *data ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
+    VIR_FREE(current_ident);
     closelog();
 }
 
-static int virLogAddOutputToSyslog(int priority, const char *ident) {
+static int virLogAddOutputToSyslog(int priority, char *ident) {
+    VIR_FREE(current_ident);
     openlog(ident, 0, 0);
+    current_ident = ident; /* ident need to be kept around on Solaris */
     if (virLogDefineOutput(virLogOutputToSyslog, virLogCloseSyslog, NULL,
                            priority, 0) < 0) {
+        VIR_FREE(current_ident);
         closelog();
         return(-1);
     }
@@ -703,9 +709,12 @@
             name = strndup(str, cur - str);
             if (name == NULL)
                 return(-1);
+            /*
+             * name is consumed by virLogAddOutputToSyslog which
+             * keep the reference
+             * */
             if (virLogAddOutputToSyslog(prio, name) == 0)
                 ret++;
-            VIR_FREE(name);
 #endif /* HAVE_SYSLOG_H */
         } else if (STREQLEN(cur, "file", 4)) {
             cur += 4;