/etc/init.d/rc: Buffer output until syslogd runs.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src.etc/init.d/rc b/src.etc/init.d/rc
index 0c81e9e..6747dd0 100755
--- a/src.etc/init.d/rc
+++ b/src.etc/init.d/rc
@@ -7,8 +7,26 @@
 # This file may be reproduced, distributed, modified, and otherwise dealt in
 # under the terms of the Expat/MIT License.
 
+LF='
+'
+
 [ -x /usr/bin/logger ] && logger='logger -p 6 -t sysinit' || logger=cat
 
+# Buffer log lines until syslogd is running.
+log()
+{
+	local line=
+	local buf=
+
+	while read -r line; do
+		buf="${buf}${line}${LF}"
+		if [ -f /var/run/syslogd.pid ]; then
+			printf '%s' "${buf}" | ${logger}
+			exec ${logger}
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
 level=${0#*/rc}
 case ${level} in
 	S)
@@ -29,4 +47,4 @@ esac
 	for i in /etc/rc.d/${level}[2-9]*; do
 		[ -x "${i}" ] && "${i}" ${action} 2>&1
 	done
-} | ${logger}
+} | log