diff -upk.orig sysklogd-1.4.2.orig/syslogd.c sysklogd-1.4.2/syslogd.c
--- sysklogd-1.4.2.orig/syslogd.c	2006-10-01 23:12:15 +0000
+++ sysklogd-1.4.2/syslogd.c	2006-10-01 23:18:39 +0000
@@ -1434,6 +1434,8 @@ static int create_inet_socket()
 		close(fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
+/* SO_BSDCOMPAT is obsolete since linux-2.4 */
+#if 0
 	/* We need to enable BSD compatibility. Otherwise an attacker
 	 * could flood our log files by sending us tons of ICMP errors.
 	 */
@@ -1443,6 +1445,7 @@ static int create_inet_socket()
 		close(fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
+#endif
 	/* We must not block on the network socket, in case a packet
 	 * gets lost between select and recv, otherise the process
 	 * will stall until the timeout, and other processes trying to