--- squid-3.2.3/src/log/ModStdio.cc~	2012-10-20 14:39:49.000000000 +0200
+++ squid-3.2.3/src/log/ModStdio.cc	2012-10-26 12:23:52.502399442 +0200
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@
     if (!lf->flags.fatal)
         return;
 
-    fatalf("logfileWrite: %s: %s\n", lf->path, xstrerror());
+#if HAVE_SYSLOG
+    syslog(LOG_ALERT, "logfileWrite: %s: %s", lf->path, xstrerror());
+#else
+    debugs(50, 1, "logfileWrite: " << lf->path << ": " << xstrerror());
+#endif
 }
 
 static void