Log::Log4perl additivity not working?

shamu has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks,

I have two modules:

AA
AA::Log

I'm trying to get the following to happen:

Log all INFO (and above) messages to run.log
Only log ERROR messages from AA::Log to error.log and no where else.

I'm trying to use the additivity flag in Syncer2 to prevent ERROR messages from being passed up the hierarchy. It does not seem to work - ERROR messages from AA::Log are being sent to AA. Any ideas?

log4perl.logger.AA                                   = INFO, Syncer1
log4perl.logger.AA.Log                               = INFO, Syncer2

log4perl.filter.MatchError = Log::Log4perl::Filter::LevelMatch
log4perl.filter.MatchError.LevelToMatch  = ERROR
log4perl.filter.MatchError.AcceptOnMatch = true

log4perl.appender.Syncer1                            = Log::Dispatch::
+FileShared
log4perl.appender.Syncer1.name                       = run.log
log4perl.appender.Syncer1.filename                   = run.log
log4perl.appender.Syncer1.layout                     = Log::Log4perl::
+Layout::PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.Syncer1.layout.ConversionPattern   = %P %d{yyyy-MM-d
+d HH:mm:ss}: %m%n

log4perl.appender.Syncer2                            = Log::Dispatch::
+FileShared
log4perl.appender.Syncer2.name                       = error.log
log4perl.appender.Syncer2.filename                   = error.log
log4perl.appender.Syncer2.layout                     = Log::Log4perl::
+Layout::PatternLayout
log4perl.appender.Syncer2.layout.ConversionPattern   = %m%n
log4perl.appender.Syncer2.Filter                     = MatchError
log4perl.appender.Syncer2.additivity                 = 0
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Thanks!

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Re: Log::Log4perl additivity not working? by Anonymous Monk on Apr 28, 2007 at 04:06 UTC
$perldoc Log::Log4perl::Config\|grep additivity The additivity flag of a logger is set or cleared via the "additiv +ity" log4perl.additivity.Bar.Twix = 0\|1 dilemma that a logger name could end in ".additivity" according to + the $ [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Log::Log4perl additivity not working? by shamu (Acolyte) on Apr 30, 2007 at 15:09 UTC
Though the solution of using additivity will prevent any ERROR level messages from passing up the hierarchy, it also prevents all other messages from passing too. How can I pass everything except the ERROR level messages, from a nested category, up the hierarchy?	[reply]