From: Dmitry Sakhonchik <frezidok1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:29:29 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Add --disable-syslog configure option
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2acdec87fcb50b2cb1dfc904d84a38eb17fa3524;p=thirdparty%2Fshadow.git

Add --disable-syslog configure option

It allows build systems like Yocto to disable syslog calls during native builds, preventing log spam on the build host.

Closes: <https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/issues/1610>

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Sakhonchik <frezidok1@gmail.com>
---

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c01264c00..f87c0a7b2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -145,6 +145,17 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([logind],
 	[enable_logind="yes"]
 )
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([syslog],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-syslog], [disable logging via syslog() calls])],
+  [
+    AS_CASE([${enableval}],
+        [yes|no],[],
+        [AC_MSG_ERROR([bad parameter value for --enable-syslog=${enableval}])]
+    )
+  ],
+  [enable_syslog="yes"]
+)
+
 AC_ARG_WITH([audit],
 	[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-audit], [use auditing support @<:@default=yes if found@:>@])],
 	[with_audit=$withval], [with_audit=maybe])
@@ -200,6 +211,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([GROUP_NAME_MAX_LENGTH], [$with_group_name_max_length], [max
 AC_SUBST([GROUP_NAME_MAX_LENGTH])
 GROUP_NAME_MAX_LENGTH="$with_group_name_max_length"
 
+AS_VAR_IF([enable_syslog],["yes"],[AC_DEFINE([USE_SYSLOG], [1], [Define to use syslog])])
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([USE_BCRYPT], [test "x$with_bcrypt" = "xyes"])
 if test "X$with_bcrypt" = "Xyes"; then
@@ -630,5 +642,6 @@ AC_MSG_NOTICE([shadow ${PACKAGE_VERSION} has been configured with the following
 	use file caps:			$with_fcaps
 	install su:			$with_su
 	enabled vendor dir:             $enable_vendordir
+	enable syslog: 			$enable_syslog
 
 ])
diff --git a/lib/io/syslog.h b/lib/io/syslog.h
index 73fcfe26e..84c65c74f 100644
--- a/lib/io/syslog.h
+++ b/lib/io/syslog.h
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@
 #define LOG_AUTHPRIV LOG_AUTH
 #endif
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
-#define SYSLOG(...)  SYSLOG_C(__VA_ARGS__)
+#if !USE_SYSLOG
+# define SYSLOG(...)
+#elif defined(ENABLE_NLS)
+# define SYSLOG(...)  SYSLOG_C(__VA_ARGS__)
 #else
-#define SYSLOG(...)  syslog(__VA_ARGS__)
+# define SYSLOG(...)  syslog(__VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
 
 /* The default syslog settings can now be changed here,