This may be a gcc problem; I'm not smart enough to tell . . .

Compiling/running a C program with 4 non-static global character pointers
causes a
segfault in any call to syslog.  See the example code in "Additional
Information."  If the
data is static, the segfault does not occur.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Compile the example program below.
2.  Run it.
	

Actual Results:  Segfault

Expected Results:  It shouldn't segfault

#include <syslog.h>

char *job, *host, *user, *time;

int main (int argc, const char *argv[])
{
    syslog (LOG_ERR, "error message");
    return 0;
}