Bug#705215: logger: logs locally, even when told to write to remote syslog server

I recently ran into this bug, too (on an Ubuntu Precise system, running bsdutils 1:2.20.1-1ubuntu3), and in my investigation discovered that a similar patch has been applied upstream to fix this bug:

Bug#705215: logger: logs locally, even when told to write to remote syslog server

Package: bsdutils Version: 1:2.20.1-5.3 Hi, the logger tool from bsdutils comes with an option (-n / --server) for logging to a remote syslog server (via UDP port 514 by default), e.g.: logger -n myloghost -p local0.info test log message However, the message never arrives at myloghost but is