kern.!=debug ignored in syslog.conf

I'm having some issues getting syslogd to stop logging of kern.debug.  As I 
understand syslog.conf, *.warn should include kern.!=debug, as well as any 
other .!=debug facilities.  Here is my section dealing with this:

*.warn;\
        auth.none;\
        authpriv.none;cron.none;mail.none;news.none;\
        kern.!=debug                                    -/var/log/syslog

I am able to get kern.debug to log elsewhere with this:

kern.debug                                              -/var/log/iptables.log

Most of what's going into this facility is iptables --log-level debug, which 
can get quite messy hence the need to separate.  My version of syslogd is 
1.5.0.  Is there something wrong with my syslog.conf or my version of syslogd?  
Also my distribution is Slackware 13.37.  Any assistance is appreciated.
Received on Wed May 18 2011 - 20:23:14 CEST