diff -urN squid-3.0.STABLE9.orig/src/logfile.cc squid-3.0.STABLE9/src/logfile.cc
--- squid-3.0.STABLE9.orig/src/logfile.cc	2008-09-09 18:06:44.000000000 +0200
+++ squid-3.0.STABLE9/src/logfile.cc	2008-09-19 07:51:18.505959615 +0200
@@ -321,5 +321,7 @@
     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());
+#endif
 }