diff -up rsyslog-3.21.9/tools/syslogd.c.dodie rsyslog-3.21.9/tools/syslogd.c
--- rsyslog-3.21.9/tools/syslogd.c.dodie	2009-01-05 17:20:33.000000000 +0100
+++ rsyslog-3.21.9/tools/syslogd.c	2009-01-05 17:25:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -1877,9 +1877,11 @@ static void doDie(int sig)
 #	define MSG1 "DoDie called.\n"
 #	define MSG2 "DoDie called 5 times - unconditional exit\n"
 	static int iRetries = 0; /* debug aid */
-	write(1, MSG1, sizeof(MSG1));
+	if(Debug || NoFork)
+		write(1, MSG1, sizeof(MSG1) - 1);
 	if(iRetries++ == 4) {
-		write(1, MSG2, sizeof(MSG2));
+		if(Debug || NoFork)
+			write(1, MSG2, sizeof(MSG2) - 1);
 		abort();
 	}
 	bFinished = sig;