I think your use of eval to implement a fail safe is a good way to go. One thing you could add to that is trying to figure out what directory it wants to use and then create it. 

eval { bork_bork_bork };
if ( $@ =~ m{ \A Can't \s open \s
              ( .+ ) / ( [^/]+ ) \s }xms )
{
    my ( $missing_dir, $log_filename ) = ( $1, $2 );
    if ( ! -d $missing_dir ) {
        # try to make the directory
    }
}

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If you manage to get the broken config working, the first thing you'll want to do is log that.

In reply to Re: Graceful handling of Log::Log4perl errors by kyle
in thread Graceful handling of Log::Log4perl errors by chaos_cat

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