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<li><a href="rsconf1_gssforwardservicename.html">$GssForwardServiceName</a></li>
<li><a href="rsconf1_gsslistenservicename.html">$GssListenServiceName</a></li>
<li><a href="rsconf1_gssmode.html">$GssMode</a></li>
-<li>$HUPisRestart [<b>on</b>/off] - if set to on, a HUP is a full daemon restart. This means any queued messages are discarded (depending
+<li>$HUPisRestart [on/<b>off</b>] - if set to on, a HUP is a full daemon restart. This means any queued messages are discarded (depending
on queue configuration, of course) all modules are unloaded and reloaded. This mode keeps compatible with sysklogd, but is
-not recommended for use with rsyslog. To do a full restart, simply stop and start the daemon. The default is "on" for
-compatibility reasons. If it is set to "off", a HUP will only close open files. This is a much quicker action and usually
-the only one that is needed e.g. for log rotation. <b>It is recommended to set the setting to "off".</b></li>
+not recommended for use with rsyslog. To do a full restart, simply stop and start the daemon. The default (since 4.5.1) is "off".
+If it is set to "off", a HUP will only close open files. This is a much quicker action and usually
+the only one that is needed e.g. for log rotation. <b>Restart-type HUPs (value "on") are depricated</b>
+and will go away in rsyslog v5. So it is a good idea to change anything that needs it, now.
+Usually that should not be a big issue, as the restart-type HUP can easily be replaced by
+something along the lines of &quot;/etc/init.d/rsyslog restart&quot;.
+</li>
<li><a href="rsconf1_includeconfig.html">$IncludeConfig</a></li><li>MainMsgQueueCheckpointInterval &lt;number&gt;</li>
<li>$MainMsgQueueDequeueSlowdown &lt;number&gt; [number
is timeout in <i> micro</i>seconds (1000000us is 1sec!),