[Pkg-lirc-maint] Bug#576085: silently dies when syslog isn't present

[Tuco]

Package: lirc
Severity: important

daemon dies silently when syslog isn't present.  it's very confusing
as I had to use strace to figure out:

connect(5, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/dev/log"...}, 110) = -1
ECONNREFUSED (Connection refused)

package should ensure there's a working syslog, or at least print a
useful error when there isn't.