buiding sysklogd

requirements

debian/ubuntu

wipe-out other system log daemons

apt purge rsyslog inetutils-syslogd
apt autoremove --purge

those are enough to build sysklogd from scratch

apt install build-essential

build & deploy

grab the latest tag

var=2.7.2

wget https://github.com/troglobit/sysklogd/releases/download/v$ver/sysklogd-$ver.tar.gz
tar xzf sysklogd-$ver.tar.gz
cd sysklogd-$ver/
./configure --sysconfdir=/etc/ --localstatedir=/var \
    --with-dns-delay=1 \
    --with-systemd=/etc/systemd/system --with-suspend-time=5
echo $MAKEFLAGS
make
make install

cp -i syslog.conf /etc/
ls -ltr /etc/systemd/system/syslogd.service

ready to go

see sysklogd