[LOG4J2-2832] Error message contains reference to non-existent DirectFilenameRolloverStrategy

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.13.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.14.0
• Component/s: Core
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Benjamin Asbach
• Created: 27/Apr/20 09:04
• Updated: 29/Jul/20 07:22
• Resolved: 28/Jul/20 06:40

Description

If you configure a `RollingFileAppender` with no `fileName` configured the mesagge refrences a non existing `Strategy`:

LOGGER.error("RollingFileAppender '{}': When no file name is provided a DirectFilenameRolloverStrategy must be configured", getName());

https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/log4j-2.13.2/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/RollingFileAppender.java#L141

A similar problem was already reported and fixed in: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2547

Issue Links

• relates to: LOG4J2-2547 Error message contains reference to non-existent DirectFilenameRolloverStrategy
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #358