Is there any reason why this isn't dealt with through MAKEDEV?
I thought the whole idea about moving /dev/log to /var/run was to
make it possible for /dev being on a read-only file system.

perry@piermont.com (Perry E. Metzger) writes:
>1) Following discussions, I've moved the syslog socket again, to
>   /var/run/log, which is what BSDI now uses, and which is what FreeBSD
>   now uses. As this appears to be controversial, I invite a
>   discussion on tech-userlevel about this -- we can always change our 
>   minds again. NOTE, NOT ON CURRENT-USERS!!! THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT PLACE!!!

>2) I've updated /etc/rc to symlink the old /dev/log to
>   /var/run/log. Such a symlink is present in FreeBSD and BSDI and is
>   needed to keep old binaries happy. I also updated the makefile for
>   syslogd to make this same symlink to help out people who aren't paying 
>   close attention and do a make build.

>3) I'm also updating the documentation.

-- 
Christoph Badura

	Anything that can be done in O(N) can be done in O(N^2).
	-- Ralf Schuettau (after looking at a particular piece of code)