diff -ruN e-smith-base-5.4.0.old/createlinks e-smith-base-5.4.0/createlinks
--- e-smith-base-5.4.0.old/createlinks	2013-02-06 22:18:48.000000000 -0800
+++ e-smith-base-5.4.0/createlinks	2013-02-06 23:10:13.000000000 -0800
@@ -598,3 +598,8 @@
 safe_symlink("/var/service/local" , 'root/service/local');
 safe_touch("root/var/service/local/down");
 
+# Link syslog to rsyslog. Temporary fix.
+safe_symlink("rsyslogd" , 'root/sbin/syslogd');
+safe_symlink("rsyslog"  , 'root/etc/init.d/syslog');
+
+