logdrake: ensure syslog-daemon is installed (stopgap to full journal support)

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index 6649a8e8a..69dc09a77 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-Version 15.45 - 27 april 2013
+- logdrake:
+  o ensure syslog-daemon is installed (stopgap to full journal support)
+
+Version 15.45 - 27 April 2013
 
 - diskdrake:
   o only allow 'acl' option for extX & reiserfs (mga#9884)
 - drakboot:
   o try harder to get a label for other OSes (mga#9849,9681)
 
-Version 15.44 - 23 april 2013
+Version 15.44 - 23 April 2013
 
 - diskdrake:
   o fix a crash when reloading partition table (mga#9838)
diff --git a/perl-install/standalone/logdrake b/perl-install/standalone/logdrake
index e7b71cbb2..c24a8caa3 100755
--- a/perl-install/standalone/logdrake
+++ b/perl-install/standalone/logdrake
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use standalone;     #- warning, standalone must be loaded very first, for 'expla
 use c;
 use common;
 use interactive;
+use do_pkgs;
 use mygtk2 qw(gtknew); #- do not import gtkadd which conflicts with ugtk2 version
 use ugtk2 qw(:create :dialogs :helpers :wrappers);
 
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ foreach (@ARGV) {
     /^--alert$/ and do { alert_config(); quit() };
 }
 
+my $do_pkgs = do_pkgs::do_pkgs($in);
+$do_pkgs->ensure_is_installed("syslog-daemon") or exit(0);
+
 my $isTail = $isFile;
 $| = 1 if $isTail;
 my $h = chomp_(`hostname -s`);