Thread: [log4perl-devel] logwarn() not outputting warnings when logger not enabled

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log4perl-devel:

I am working on a module that incorporates stealth logging.  I've used 
logwarn() in place of warn() throughout.

When I enable a logger in a script that use's the module, I see warning 
messages both on the terminal and in the log destination.

But, when there is no logger enabled, I don't see any warning messages 
on the terminal.  I was expecting logwarn() would always output the 
warning message to the terminal, and additionally output the warning 
message to the log destination if logging is enabled.  Apparently, not.

As an aside, logdie() appears to work as expected.

I see that Log::Log4perl is now version 1.42 on CPAN.  I'm on Debian 
Stable (Wheezy), which has version 1.29.  I'd  rather not upgrade via 
'cpan', as I've found that circumventing Apt and the Debian release 
process leads to problems.

I don't see liblog-log4perl-perl on Debian Backports.

Any suggestions?

TIA,

David

2013-11-04 23:08:03 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl
$ cat Log-Log4perl-logwarn.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Log::Log4perl	qw(:easy);
warn "first warning";
my $logger = Log::Log4perl->get_logger();
$logger->logwarn("second warning");
Log::Log4perl->easy_init($WARN);
warn "third warning";
$logger->logwarn("fourth warning");

2013-11-04 23:08:08 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl
$ perl Log-Log4perl-logwarn.pl
first warning at Log-Log4perl-logwarn.pl line 5.
third warning at Log-Log4perl-logwarn.pl line 9.
2013/11/04 23:08:12 fourth warning
fourth warning at Log-Log4perl-logwarn.pl line 10

2013-11-04 23:08:12 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl
$ cat Log-Log4perl-logdie.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Log::Log4perl	qw(:easy);
my $logger = Log::Log4perl->get_logger();
$logger->logdie("bye");

2013-11-04 23:08:18 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl
$ perl Log-Log4perl-logdie.pl
bye at Log-Log4perl-logdie.pl line 6

2013-11-04 23:08:23 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl
$ cat Log-Log4perl-logdie2.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Log::Log4perl	qw(:easy);
Log::Log4perl->easy_init($WARN);
my $logger = Log::Log4perl->get_logger();
$logger->logdie("bye");

2013-11-04 23:08:31 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl
$ perl Log-Log4perl-logdie2.pl
2013/11/04 23:08:34 bye
bye at Log-Log4perl-logdie2.pl line 7

2013-11-04 23:08:34 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl
$ perl -MLog::Log4perl -e 'print $Log::Log4perl::VERSION, "\n"'
1.29

2013-11-04 23:08:45 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl
$ perl --version

This is perl 5, version 14, subversion 2 (v5.14.2) built for 
i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi-64int
(with 88 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2011, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License 
or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

2013-11-04 23:08:55 dpchrist@p43200 ~/sandbox/perl
$ cat /etc/debian_version
7.2