diff -r -U4 ppp-2.4.4/chat/chat.c ppp-2.4.4+nicelog/chat/chat.c
--- ppp-2.4.4/chat/chat.c	2004-02-02 03:36:46.000000000 +0000
+++ ppp-2.4.4+nicelog/chat/chat.c	2009-11-04 01:23:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -363,8 +363,15 @@
 	    else
 		usage();
 	    break;
 
+	case 'L':
+	    if ((arg = OPTARG(argc, argv)) != NULL)
+		program_name = copy_of(arg);
+	    else
+		usage();
+	    break;
+
 	default:
 	    usage();
 	    break;
 	}
@@ -376,11 +383,11 @@
 	report_fp = stderr;
 
     if (to_log) {
 #ifdef ultrix
-	openlog("chat", LOG_PID);
+	openlog(program_name, LOG_PID);
 #else
-	openlog("chat", LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_LOCAL2);
+	openlog(program_name, LOG_PID | LOG_NDELAY, LOG_LOCAL2);
 
 	if (verbose)
 	    setlogmask(LOG_UPTO(LOG_INFO));
 	else
@@ -1414,16 +1421,18 @@
 
 	if (echo)
 	    echo_stderr(c);
 	if (verbose && c == '\n') {
-	    if (s == logged)
-		msgf("");	/* blank line */
-	    else
+//	    if (s == logged)
+//		msgf("");	/* blank line */
+//	    else
+	    if (s != logged)
 		msgf("%0.*v", s - logged, logged);
 	    logged = s + 1;
 	}
 
-	*s++ = c;
+	if (c != '\r')
+	    *s++ = c;
 
 	if (verbose && s >= logged + 80) {
 	    msgf("%0.*v", s - logged, logged);
 	    logged = s;