[BusyBox] syslog not logging the "<" char

[Brad]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, hope I am not 
irritating anyone.

I am using BB 0.60.2 in a floppy distro, and the syslog (and logger) is 
unable to log the "<" char.  This shows up in ppp logfiles.  Has this 
been fixed somewhere?  I searched through the last several months of 
archives, and I did try to RTFM...  but no joy.

#logger "<pcomp>"

results in "comp>" arriving at the log.

TIA,

Brad