diff -up squid-3.0.STABLE13/src/logfile.cc.b9443 squid-3.0.STABLE13/src/logfile.cc
--- squid-3.0.STABLE13/src/logfile.cc.b9443	2009-02-03 02:36:22.000000000 +0100
+++ squid-3.0.STABLE13/src/logfile.cc	2009-03-06 15:50:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -102,21 +102,16 @@ logfileOpen(const char *path, size_t buf
 
         if (path[6] != '\0') {
             path += 7;
-            char* delim = strchr(path, '.');
-
-	    if (!delim)
-		delim = strchr(path, '|');
-
-            if (delim != NULL)
-                *delim = '\0';
-
-            lf->syslog_priority = syslog_ntoa(path);
-
-            if (delim != NULL)
-                lf->syslog_priority |= syslog_ntoa(delim+1);
-
-            if (0 == (lf->syslog_priority & PRIORITY_MASK))
-                lf->syslog_priority |= LOG_INFO;
+	    char *priority = xstrdup(path);
+	    char *facility = (char *) strchr(priority, '.');
+	    if (!facility)
+		facility = (char *) strchr(priority, '|');
+	    if (facility) {
+		*facility++ = '\0';
+		lf->syslog_priority |= syslog_ntoa(facility);
+	    }
+	    lf->syslog_priority |= syslog_ntoa(priority);
+	    xfree(priority);
         }
     } else
 #endif