just bombing out, force the log to stderr and carry on if stderr is available.
*/
-if (euid != root_uid && euid != exim_uid && log_stderr != NULL)
+if (euid != root_uid && euid != exim_uid && log_stderr)
{
*fd = fileno(log_stderr);
return;
/* Otherwise this is a disaster. This call is deliberately ONLY to the panic
log. If possible, save a copy of the original line that was being logged. If we
are recursing (can't open the panic log either), the pointer will already be
-set. */
+set. Also, when we had to use a subprocess for the create we didn't retrieve
+errno from it, so get the error from the open attempt above (which is often
+meaningful enough, so leave it). */
if (!panic_save_buffer)
if ((panic_save_buffer = US malloc(LOG_BUFFER_SIZE)))