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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/etc/syslog.conf b/etc/syslog.conf
index 425ab72..81955af 100644
--- a/etc/syslog.conf
+++ b/etc/syslog.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
# $FreeBSD$
#
-# Spaces are NOT valid field separators in this file.
+# Spaces ARE valid field separators in this file. However,
+# other *nix-like systems still insist on using tabs as field
+# separators. If you are sharing this file between systems, you
+# may want to use only tabs as field separators here.
# Consult the syslog.conf(5) manpage.
*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console
*.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/messages
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