[LOG4J2-1852] Plugins lookup by package is not compatible with Spring Boot jar packaging

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.7
• Fix Version/s: 2.12.0
• Component/s: Plugins

Environment

Spring Boot 1.5.x, java 8

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Maksym Novoseltsev
• Created: 15/Mar/17 15:48
• Updated: 07/Mar/20 05:39
• Resolved: 17/Jun/19 17:06

Description

Here is you can find a description of the issue and pretty usefull answer from Spring Boot team regarding the very same issue:
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/8637
Also you will find a sample project there that will help to reproduce issue.

Issue Links

• is related to: LOG4J2-2621 Create log4j-plugins module and use ServiceLoader to load plugins
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #93