This is completely bogus, as the daemon will not be able to bind again
after a restart.

--- ./sysklogd/syslogd.c.klogd4	2006-03-13 17:11:41.000000000 +0100
+++ ./sysklogd/syslogd.c	2006-03-13 17:16:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -504,7 +504,10 @@
 static void quit_signal(int sig)
 {
 	logMessage(LOG_SYSLOG | LOG_INFO, "System log daemon exiting.");
-	unlink(lfile);
+	/* WARNING ! Never remove the socket otherwise some services will
+	 * hang trying to talk to us even after a restart !
+	 * // unlink(lfile);
+	 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
 	ipcsyslog_cleanup();
 #endif
@@ -589,7 +592,10 @@
 
 	/* Create the syslog file so realpath() can work. */
 	if (realpath(_PATH_LOG, lfile) != NULL) {
-		unlink(lfile);
+		struct stat st;
+		/* unlink only if the entry is not a socket */
+		if (stat(lfile, &st) == 0 && !S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode))
+			unlink(lfile);
 	}
 
 	memset(&sunx, 0, sizeof(sunx));