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@@ -19458,9 +19458,11 @@ the nscd---e.g., @code{(list @var{nss-mdns})}.
Package object denoting the GNU C Library providing the @command{nscd}
command.
-@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{"/var/log/nscd.log"})
-Name of the nscd log file. This is where debugging output goes when
-@code{debug-level} is strictly positive.
+@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{#f})
+Name of the nscd log file. Debugging output goes to that file when
+@code{debug-level} is strictly positive, or to standard error if it is
+@code{#f}. Regular messages are written to syslog when
+@code{debug-level} is zero, regardless of the value of @code{log-file}.
@item @code{debug-level} (default: @code{0})
Integer denoting the debugging levels. Higher numbers mean that more