1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/libgo/go/log/syslog/syslog.go b/libgo/go/log/syslog/syslog.go
index aef63480f16..3eb5353e9a9 100644
--- a/libgo/go/log/syslog/syslog.go
+++ b/libgo/go/log/syslog/syslog.go
@@ -136,25 +136,33 @@ func (w *Writer) Debug(m string) (err error) {
 }
 
 func (n netConn) writeBytes(p Priority, prefix string, b []byte) (int, error) {
-	return fmt.Fprintf(n.conn, "<%d>%s: %s\n", p, prefix, b)
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(n.conn, "<%d>%s: %s\n", p, prefix, b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return len(b), nil
 }
 
 func (n netConn) writeString(p Priority, prefix string, s string) (int, error) {
-	return fmt.Fprintf(n.conn, "<%d>%s: %s\n", p, prefix, s)
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(n.conn, "<%d>%s: %s\n", p, prefix, s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return len(s), nil
 }
 
 func (n netConn) close() error {
 	return n.conn.Close()
 }
 
-// NewLogger provides an object that implements the full log.Logger interface,
-// but sends messages to Syslog instead; flag is passed as is to Logger;
-// priority will be used for all messages sent using this interface.
-// All messages are logged with priority p.
-func NewLogger(p Priority, flag int) *log.Logger {
+// NewLogger creates a log.Logger whose output is written to
+// the system log service with the specified priority. The logFlag
+// argument is the flag set passed through to log.New to create
+// the Logger.
+func NewLogger(p Priority, logFlag int) (*log.Logger, error) {
 	s, err := New(p, "")
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return log.New(s, "", flag)
+	return log.New(s, "", logFlag), nil
 }