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+/*
+ error.c -- generalized error handling
+ Copyright (C) 2000 Ivo Timmermans <itimmermans@bigfoot.com>
+ 2000 Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.warande.net>
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+ $Id: error.c,v 1.1 2000/10/19 20:56:49 zarq Exp $
+*/
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#ifdef STDC_HEADERS
+# include <stdarg.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG_H
+# include <syslog.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <error.h>
+#include <system.h>
+
+void error(int severity, const char *message, ...)
+{
+ va_list v;
+ extern int detached;
+
+ va_start(v, message);
+
+#ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
+ if(detached)
+ {
+ syslog(LOG_ERR, _(message), v);
+ }
+ else
+#endif /* HAVE_SYSLOG */
+ {
+ vfprintf(stderr, _(message), v);
+ fputs("\n", stderr);
+ }
+ va_end(v);
+
+ if(severity | ERR_FATAL)
+ exit(1);
+}