PodMaster, I humbly thank you for your prompt reply.

Module id = Log::Log4perl  INST_VERSION 0.41
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Upgrading seems to have no impact on current issue.

PodMaster: what you've posted pretty much works as it should

I agree. I ran your code and it worked as expected. Except when it comes to Apache/mod_perl/mason components. Has anyone successfully used Log::Log4perl in a similar setting?

index.mas:

my $log = MyLogger::->new("apache");
$log->fatal("This should be in the APACHE log");
my $retval = database::do_some_logging();
$log->fatal("This should be in the APACHE log");
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database.pm:

my $log = MyLogger::->new("database");
sub do_some_logging { $log->warn("This should appear in DATABASE log."
+); }
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database.log:

[empty]
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apache.log (edited for readability)

FATAL> This should be in the APACHE log
WARN>  This should appear in DATABASE log.
FATAL> This should be in the APACHE log
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