--- syslogd.c.old	Fri Oct 26 15:45:24 2001
+++ syslogd.c	Fri Oct 26 15:45:44 2001
@@ -1588,7 +1588,6 @@
 			untty();
 			fprintlog(f, (char *)from, flags, msg);
 			(void) close(f->f_file);
-			f->f_file = -1;
 		}
 #ifndef SYSV
 		(void) sigsetmask(omask);
@@ -1819,11 +1818,6 @@
 			v->iov_len = 1;
 		}
 	again:
-		/* f->f_file == -1 is an indicator that the we couldn't
-		   open the file at startup. */
-		if (f->f_file == -1)
-			break;
-
 		if (writev(f->f_file, iov, 6) < 0) {
 			int e = errno;
 
@@ -2354,8 +2348,6 @@
 				case F_TTY:
 				case F_CONSOLE:
 					printf("%s", f->f_un.f_fname);
-					if (f->f_file == -1)
-						printf(" (unused)");
 					break;
 
 				case F_FORW:
@@ -2613,7 +2605,7 @@
 		}
 		        
 	  	if ( f->f_file < 0 ){
-			f->f_file = -1;
+			f->f_type = F_UNUSED;
 			dprintf("Error opening log file: %s\n", p);
 			logerror(p);
 			break;