diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
index 09485ed5f93..9bf5acbd5bc 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.475.2.7 2007/02/11 15:12:48 mha Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c,v 1.475.2.8 2007/07/19 19:14:54 adunstan Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ static pid_t StartupPID = 0,
 			BgWriterPID = 0,
 			AutoVacPID = 0,
 			PgArchPID = 0,
-			PgStatPID = 0;
-pid_t			SysLoggerPID = 0; /* Needs to be accessed from elog.c */
+        	PgStatPID = 0,
+    		SysLoggerPID = 0;
 
 /* Startup/shutdown state */
 #define			NoShutdown		0
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ static bool FatalError = false; /* T if recovering from backend crash */
 
 bool		ClientAuthInProgress = false;		/* T during new-client
 												 * authentication */
+bool redirection_done = false; 
 
 /*
  * State for assigning random salts and cancel keys.
@@ -336,6 +337,7 @@ typedef struct
 	InheritableSocket pgStatPipe1;
 	pid_t		PostmasterPid;
 	TimestampTz PgStartTime;
+	bool        redirection_done;
 #ifdef WIN32
 	HANDLE		PostmasterHandle;
 	HANDLE		initial_signal_pipe;
@@ -3704,6 +3706,8 @@ save_backend_variables(BackendParameters * param, Port *port,
 	param->PostmasterPid = PostmasterPid;
 	param->PgStartTime = PgStartTime;
 
+	param->redirection_done = redirection_done;
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	param->PostmasterHandle = PostmasterHandle;
 	write_duplicated_handle(&param->initial_signal_pipe,
@@ -3909,6 +3913,8 @@ restore_backend_variables(BackendParameters * param, Port *port)
 	PostmasterPid = param->PostmasterPid;
 	PgStartTime = param->PgStartTime;
 
+	redirection_done = param->redirection_done;
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 	PostmasterHandle = param->PostmasterHandle;
 	pgwin32_initial_signal_pipe = param->initial_signal_pipe;
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
index 6cb3a48baff..2fb82c252f9 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c,v 1.20.2.2 2007/06/14 01:50:14 adunstan Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/syslogger.c,v 1.20.2.3 2007/07/19 19:14:54 adunstan Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ bool		Log_truncate_on_rotation = false;
  */
 bool		am_syslogger = false;
 
+extern bool redirection_done;
+
 /*
  * Private state
  */
 static pg_time_t next_rotation_time;
-static bool redirection_done = false;
 static bool pipe_eof_seen = false;
 static FILE *syslogFile = NULL;
 static char *last_file_name = NULL;
@@ -573,14 +574,12 @@ syslogger_forkexec(void)
 		snprintf(numbuf[bufc++], 32, "%d", fileno(syslogFile));
 	else
 		strcpy(numbuf[bufc++], "-1");
-	snprintf(numbuf[bufc++], 32, "%d", (int) redirection_done);
 #else							/* WIN32 */
 	if (syslogFile != NULL)
 		snprintf(numbuf[bufc++], 32, "%ld",
 				 _get_osfhandle(_fileno(syslogFile)));
 	else
 		strcpy(numbuf[bufc++], "0");
-	snprintf(numbuf[bufc++], 32, "%d", (int) redirection_done);
 #endif   /* WIN32 */
 
 	/* Add to the arg list */
@@ -614,7 +613,6 @@ syslogger_parseArgs(int argc, char *argv[])
 		syslogFile = fdopen(fd, "a");
 		setvbuf(syslogFile, NULL, LBF_MODE, 0);
 	}
-	redirection_done = (bool) atoi(*argv++);
 #else							/* WIN32 */
 	fd = atoi(*argv++);
 	if (fd != 0)
@@ -626,7 +624,6 @@ syslogger_parseArgs(int argc, char *argv[])
 			setvbuf(syslogFile, NULL, LBF_MODE, 0);
 		}
 	}
-	redirection_done = (bool) atoi(*argv++);
 #endif   /* WIN32 */
 }
 #endif   /* EXEC_BACKEND */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
index c91531ee27c..5e1a807fd40 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.167.2.3 2007/06/14 01:50:14 adunstan Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v 1.167.2.4 2007/07/19 19:14:54 adunstan Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ ErrorContextCallback *error_context_stack = NULL;
 
 sigjmp_buf *PG_exception_stack = NULL;
 
-extern pid_t SysLoggerPID;
+extern bool redirection_done;
 
 /* GUC parameters */
 PGErrorVerbosity Log_error_verbosity = PGERROR_VERBOSE;
@@ -1706,11 +1706,15 @@ send_message_to_server_log(ErrorData *edata)
 		 * that's really a pipe to the syslogger process. Unless we're in the
 		 * postmaster, and the syslogger process isn't started yet.
 		 */
-		if ((!Redirect_stderr || am_syslogger || (!IsUnderPostmaster && SysLoggerPID==0)) && pgwin32_is_service())
+		if (pgwin32_is_service() && (!redirection_done || am_syslogger) )
 			write_eventlog(edata->elevel, buf.data);
 		else
 #endif
-			if (Redirect_stderr)
+			/* only use the chunking protocol if we know the syslogger should
+			 * be catching stderr output, and we are not ourselves the
+			 * syslogger. Otherwise, go directly to stderr.
+			 */
+			if (redirection_done && !am_syslogger)
 				write_pipe_chunks(fileno(stderr), buf.data, buf.len);
 			else
 				write(fileno(stderr), buf.data, buf.len);