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diff --git a/lib/chef/loggers/syslog_logger.rb b/lib/chef/loggers/syslog_logger.rb
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+require 'syslog'
+require 'logger'
+
+class Chef
+  module Loggers
+    class SyslogLogger < Logger
+
+      def initialize(args)
+        @progname = 'chef-client'
+        @level = DEBUG
+        @facility = SysLog::LOG_USER
+        @formatter = nil
+        @logdev = STDOUT
+        unless Syslog.opened?
+          @logdev = Syslog.open(progname, nil, facility)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # class LocklessLogDevice < Logger::LogDevice
+    #   def initialize(log = nil)
+    #     @dev = @filename = @shift_age = @shift_size = nil
+    #     if log.respond_to?(:write) and log.respond_to?(:close)
+    #       @dev = log
+    #     else
+    #       @dev = open_logfile(log)
+    #       @filename = log
+    #     end
+    #     @dev.sync = true
+    #   end
+    #
+    #   def write(message)
+    #     @dev.write(message)
+    #   rescue Exception => ignored
+    #     warn("log writing failed. #{ignored}")
+    #   end
+    #
+    #   def close
+    #     @dev.close rescue nil
+    #   end
+    #
+    # private
+    #
+    #   def open_logfile(filename)
+    #     if (FileTest.exist?(filename))
+    #       open(filename, (File::WRONLY | File::APPEND))
+    #     else
+    #       create_logfile(filename)
+    #     end
+    #   end
+    #
+    #   def create_logfile(filename)
+    #     logdev = open(filename, (File::WRONLY | File::APPEND | File::CREAT))
+    #     add_log_header(logdev)
+    #     logdev
+    #   end
+    #
+    #   def add_log_header(file)
+    #     file.write(
+    #       "# Logfile created on %s by %s\n" % [Time.now.to_s, Logger::ProgName]
+    #     )
+    #   end
+    # end
+  end
+end