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  1. Magnolia
  2. MAGNOLIA-3146

Update to log4j 1.2.16 asap

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    • 4.3.9, 4.4
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      Everynow and then, we get these in logs:

      java.lang.NullPointerException
              at java.io.Writer.write(Writer.java:126)
              at org.apache.log4j.helpers.QuietWriter.write(QuietWriter.java:48)
              at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.subAppend(WriterAppender.java:309)
              at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:160)
              at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:251)
              at org.apache.log4j.helpers.AppenderAttachableImpl.appendLoopOnAppenders(AppenderAttachableImpl.java:66)
              at org.apache.log4j.Category.callAppenders(Category.java:206)
              at org.apache.log4j.Category.forcedLog(Category.java:391)
              at org.apache.log4j.Category.log(Category.java:856)
              at org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerAdapter.error(Log4jLoggerAdapter.java:571)
      

      This is this issue: https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44032
      It's apparently been fixed for a while, but 1.2.16 was never released; however, there seems to be a fairly recent (1 month old) RC1 tag so all hope is not lost !

      Another, slightly longer-term, option would be to switch to logback.

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              ochytil Ondrej Chytil
              gjoseph Magnolia International
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