diff -ru metalog-0.6/AUTHORS metalog-0.6.1/AUTHORS
--- metalog-0.6/AUTHORS	2001-06-25 17:08:40.000000000 -0400
+++ metalog-0.6.1/AUTHORS	2002-01-26 07:16:44.000000000 -0500
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 Frank DENIS "Jedi/Sector One" <ange@angelic.com>
+Leo Lipelis <aeoo@gentoo.org> - tiny patch to allow /var/run/metalog.pid
diff -ru metalog-0.6/ChangeLog metalog-0.6.1/ChangeLog
--- metalog-0.6/ChangeLog	2001-07-09 10:27:55.000000000 -0400
+++ metalog-0.6.1/ChangeLog	2002-01-26 07:16:44.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* Gentoo Patch :
+    Add --pidfile <opt> option to allow <opt> pid file creation.
 * Version 0.6 :
     Use strtoq if strtoull isn't available.
     Read /dev/klog when klogctl() isn't implemented.
diff -ru metalog-0.6/src/metalog.c metalog-0.6.1/src/metalog.c
--- metalog-0.6/src/metalog.c	2001-07-09 10:23:16.000000000 -0400
+++ metalog-0.6.1/src/metalog.c	2002-01-26 09:36:54.000000000 -0500
@@ -868,6 +868,8 @@
 
 static RETSIGTYPE sigkchld(int sig)
 {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Unlinking pid file: %s\n", pid_file);
+    unlink(pid_file);
     fprintf(stderr, "Process [%u] died with signal [%d]\n", 
             (unsigned int) getpid(), sig);
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -974,6 +976,7 @@
     int fodder;
     int option_index = 0;
     
+    pid_file = NULL;
     while ((fodder =  getopt_long(argc, argv, GETOPT_OPTIONS, 
                                   long_options, &option_index)) != -1) {
         switch (fodder) {            
@@ -995,6 +998,13 @@
         case 's' :
             synchronous = (sig_atomic_t) 1;
             break;
+        case 'p' :
+            /* this is needed because argv will get nuked */
+            pid_file = (char *) malloc(strlen(optarg) + 1);
+            if (pid_file != NULL) {
+                strcpy(pid_file, optarg);
+            }
+            break;
         default :
             fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option\n");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -1010,6 +1020,16 @@
     }
 }
 
+static void writePidFile(const char *const pid_file)
+{
+    FILE *f;
+    f = fopen(pid_file, "wb");
+    if (f) {
+        fprintf(f, "%u\n", (u_int) getpid());
+        fclose(f);
+    }
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int sockets[2];
@@ -1025,6 +1045,10 @@
     }
     dodaemonize();
     setsignals();
+    /* write MASTER pid to /var/run/metalog.pid */
+    if (pid_file) {
+        writePidFile(pid_file);
+    }
     clearargs(argv);
     setprogname(PROGNAME_MASTER);
     if (getDataSources(sockets) < 0) {
diff -ru metalog-0.6/src/metalog_p.h metalog-0.6.1/src/metalog_p.h
--- metalog-0.6/src/metalog_p.h	2001-07-09 10:17:06.000000000 -0400
+++ metalog-0.6.1/src/metalog_p.h	2002-01-26 07:16:44.000000000 -0500
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 #define __METALOG_P_H__ 1
 
 #ifdef HAVE_KLOGCTL
-# define GETOPT_OPTIONS "Bc:hs"
+# define GETOPT_OPTIONS "Bc:hsp:"
 #else
-# define GETOPT_OPTIONS "Bhs"
+# define GETOPT_OPTIONS "Bhsp:"
 #endif
 
 static struct option long_options[] = {
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #endif
     { "help", 0, NULL, 'h' },
     { "synchronous", 0, NULL, 's' },
+    { "pidfile", 1, NULL, 'p' },
     { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -27,5 +28,6 @@
 static pid_t command_child;
 static sig_atomic_t synchronous;
 static signed char daemonize;
+static char *pid_file;
 
 #endif