Hello,
I'd like to ask a question regarding the log4j jars and how tomcat
treats/handles them.
Tomcat version: 5.5.23
Log4j version: 1.2.5
(I don't think that versions matter here)
If one deploys as follows:
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${tomcat_home}/shared/lib/log4j.jar
${tomcat_home}/shared/classes/log4j.properties
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All is well.
But if a webapp is thrown into the mix that comes bundled with log4j as
well:
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${tomcat_home}/shared/lib/log4j.jar
${tomcat_home}/shared/classes/log4j.properties
${tomcat_home}/webapps/<some-app>/WEB-INF/lib/log4j.jar
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All of a sudden tomcat gets confused and fails to initialize log4j properly.
My questions to the list are:
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a) Why is it that there are many other jars that can be present in both of
the following directories:
1) shared/lib
2) WEB-INF/lib
but never have a problem, whereas log4j breaks?
b) Is it because the log4j.properties file is sitting in shared/classes
thats causing some confusion here?
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In the process of writing this email, an idea struck me of having
log4j.properties file in WEB-INF/classes/ as well so I'll go try that and
write back if that resolves my issue but I don't want to delay sending this
email for the experts' responses.
Any help is most appreciated.
Cheers!
