Index: modules/syslog/syslog.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/syslog/syslog.module,v
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -p -r1.23 syslog.module
--- modules/syslog/syslog.module	27 May 2009 18:34:01 -0000	1.23
+++ modules/syslog/syslog.module	4 Jun 2009 00:31:13 -0000
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function syslog_facility_list() {
  * Implement hook_watchdog().
  */
 function syslog_watchdog(array $log_entry) {
-  static $log_init = FALSE;
+  $log_init = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__, FALSE);
 
   if (!$log_init) {
     $log_init = TRUE;