errorhandlertestcase succeeded in Windows, because it strips "/." automatically. The new path fails on Linux and Windows reliably.
diff --git a/src/test/resources/input/xml/fallback1.xml b/src/test/resources/input/xml/fallback1.xml
index 5f71105..b0b8ff8 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/input/xml/fallback1.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/input/xml/fallback1.xml
@@ -27,9 +27,17 @@
<appender-ref ref="FALLBACK" />
</errorHandler>
- <!-- We need a most likely invalid file name on most file systems to trigger FALLBACK. -->
- <param name="File" value="output/xyz/." />
- <param name="Append" value="false" />
+ <!--
+ The following path is carefully designed to fail on Linux and Windows,
+ so that the appender FALLBACK is used instead and the test succeeds in
+ the end. Linux considers "." as current directory, which can not be
+ created as a file, while Windows strips "/."[1] internally and fails at
+ ":", which is an invalid name.
+
+ [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Comparison_of_filename_limitations
+ -->
+ <param name="File" value="output/xyz/:/." />
+ <param name="Append" value="false" />
<layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
<param name="ConversionPattern" value="%-5p %c{2} - %m%n"/>
