LaunchWrapper's logger config is being used on 1.7.10 and 1.12.2

[makamys]

(And probably other versions too, but I only checked these two.)

On 1.7.10 and 1.12.2, the logger config (log4j2.xml) can be found in three jars on the classpath: launchwrapper-1.12.jar, modpack.jar, minecraft.jar. They are in that order. And because they are in that order, the one in LaunchWrapper gets chosen, which is a fairly minimal one based on the vanilla one.

I'm not sure if this is intentional. For modded Minecraft, I consider Forge's config (1.7.10 | 1.12.2) (found within modpack.jar) more suitable since it includes debug messages, which are often invaluable for diagnosing issues.

For reference, the Forge jar comes first on the classpath with MultiMC-based launchers, the vanilla launcher (and by extension the CurseForge launcher), and ATLauncher, although all but the first override the config with the vanilla one using the log4j.configurationFile system property (for CurseForge this can be disabled).

I discovered the issue in The 1.7.10 Pack, but I was able to reproduce it in empty forge 1.7.10 and empty forge 1.12.2 as well.

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