Index: includes/bootstrap.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/bootstrap.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.245
diff -u -F^f -r1.245 bootstrap.inc
--- includes/bootstrap.inc	2 Nov 2008 10:56:35 -0000	1.245
+++ includes/bootstrap.inc	3 Nov 2008 07:03:04 -0000
@@ -904,9 +904,17 @@ function watchdog($type, $message, $vari
       'timestamp'   => REQUEST_TIME,
     );
 
-    // Call the logging hooks to log/process the message
-    foreach (module_implements('watchdog', TRUE) as $module) {
-      module_invoke($module, 'watchdog', $log_message);
+    if (function_exists('module_implements')) {
+      // Call the logging hooks to log/process the message
+      foreach (module_implements('watchdog', TRUE) as $module) {
+        module_invoke($module, 'watchdog', $log_message);
+      }
+    }
+    else {
+      // This section is for handling errors that happen too early, before module.inc
+      // gets loaded. If that happens, we don't have module_implements() yet, and therefore
+      // Drupal will abort if we call it. So we log stuff to the web server's log.
+      error_log(format_error_message($log_message));
     }
   }
   $in_error_state = FALSE;
@@ -1575,3 +1583,21 @@ function registry_load_path_files($retur
 /**
  * @} End of "ingroup registry".
  */
+
+/**
+ * Format an error message for logging to web server log, or syslog.
+ */
+function formar_error_message($log_message = array()) {
+  global $base_root;
+
+  $message  = $base_root;
+  $message .= '|type='    . $type;
+  $message .= '|ip='      . $log_message['ip'];
+  $message .= '|uri='     . $log_message['request_uri'];
+  $message .= '|referer=' . $log_message['referer'];
+  $message .= '|uid='     . $log_message['user']->uid;
+  $message .= '|link='    . strip_tags($link);
+  $message .= '|message=' . strip_tags(is_null($variables) ? $message : strtr($message, $variables));
+
+  return $message;
+}
Index: modules/syslog/syslog.module
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/syslog/syslog.module,v
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -F^f -r1.18 syslog.module
--- modules/syslog/syslog.module	31 Aug 2008 09:15:13 -0000	1.18
+++ modules/syslog/syslog.module	3 Nov 2008 07:03:04 -0000
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function syslog_watchdog($entry) {
 function syslog_theme() {
   return array(
     'syslog_format' => array(
-      'arguments' => array('entry' => NULL),
+      'arguments' => array('log_message' => NULL),
     ),
   );
 }
@@ -92,18 +92,6 @@ function syslog_theme() {
  *
  * @ingroup themeable
  */
-function theme_syslog_format($entry) {
-  global $base_url;
-
-  $message  = $base_url;
-  $message .= '|' . $entry['timestamp'];
-  $message .= '|' . $entry['type'];
-  $message .= '|' . $entry['ip'];
-  $message .= '|' . $entry['request_uri'];
-  $message .= '|' . $entry['referer'];
-  $message .= '|' . $entry['user']->uid;
-  $message .= '|' . strip_tags($entry['link']);
-  $message .= '|' . strip_tags(is_null($entry['variables']) ? $entry['message'] : strtr($entry['message'], $entry['variables']));
-
-  return $message;
+function theme_syslog_format($log_message) {
+  return format_error_message($log_message);
 }