The release build failed with something I have never seen before. I am going to try a normal build and see if it works.
Ralph [INFO] [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-surefire-plugin:2.20:test (default-test) on project log4j-core: There are test failures. [INFO] [ERROR] [INFO] [ERROR] Please refer to /Users/rgoers/projects/apache/logging/log4j/log4j2/logging-log4j2/log4j-core/target/surefire-reports for the individual test results. [INFO] [ERROR] Please refer to dump files (if any exist) [date]-jvmRun[N].dump, [date].dumpstream and [date]-jvmRun[N].dumpstream. [INFO] [ERROR] ExecutionException The forked VM terminated without properly saying goodbye. VM crash or System.exit called? [INFO] [ERROR] Command was /bin/sh -c cd /Users/rgoers/projects/apache/logging/log4j/log4j2/logging-log4j2/log4j-core && /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -jar /Users/rgoers/projects/apache/logging/log4j/log4j2/logging-log4j2/log4j-core/target/surefire/surefirebooter8990144667850082747.jar /Users/rgoers/projects/apache/logging/log4j/log4j2/logging-log4j2/log4j-core/target/surefire 2017-08-26T12-15-56_011-jvmRun12 surefire5406253882794901287tmp surefire_2796483572982439695337tmp [INFO] [ERROR] Error occurred in starting fork, check output in log [INFO] [ERROR] Process Exit Code: 1 [INFO] [ERROR] Crashed tests: [INFO] [ERROR] org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.Log4j2_1482_CoreTest [INFO] [ERROR] org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooterForkException: ExecutionException The forked VM terminated without properly saying goodbye. VM crash or System.exit called? [INFO] [ERROR] Command was /bin/sh -c cd /Users/rgoers/projects/apache/logging/log4j/log4j2/logging-log4j2/log4j-core && /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -jar /Users/rgoers/projects/apache/logging/log4j/log4j2/logging-log4j2/log4j-core/target/surefire/surefirebooter8990144667850082747.jar /Users/rgoers/projects/apache/logging/log4j/log4j2/logging-log4j2/log4j-core/target/surefire 2017-08-26T12-15-56_011-jvmRun12 surefire5406253882794901287tmp surefire_2796483572982439695337tmp [INFO] [ERROR] Error occurred in starting fork, check output in log [INFO] [ERROR] Process Exit Code: 1 [INFO] [ERROR] Crashed tests: [INFO] [ERROR] org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.Log4j2_1482_CoreTest [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.awaitResultsDone(ForkStarter.java:494) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.runSuitesForkPerTestSet(ForkStarter.java:441) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run(ForkStarter.java:292) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.run(ForkStarter.java:243) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeProvider(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:1077) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.executeAfterPreconditionsChecked(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:907) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.AbstractSurefireMojo.execute(AbstractSurefireMojo.java:785) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:134) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:208) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:154) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:146) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:117) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:81) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.builder.singlethreaded.SingleThreadedBuilder.build(SingleThreadedBuilder.java:51) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:128) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:309) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:194) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:107) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:993) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:345) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:191) [INFO] [ERROR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [INFO] [ERROR] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) [INFO] [ERROR] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) [INFO] [ERROR] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:289) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:229) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:415) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356) [INFO] [ERROR] Caused by: org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.SurefireBooterForkException: The forked VM terminated without properly saying goodbye. VM crash or System.exit called? [INFO] [ERROR] Command was /bin/sh -c cd /Users/rgoers/projects/apache/logging/log4j/log4j2/logging-log4j2/log4j-core && /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -jar /Users/rgoers/projects/apache/logging/log4j/log4j2/logging-log4j2/log4j-core/target/surefire/surefirebooter8990144667850082747.jar /Users/rgoers/projects/apache/logging/log4j/log4j2/logging-log4j2/log4j-core/target/surefire 2017-08-26T12-15-56_011-jvmRun12 surefire5406253882794901287tmp surefire_2796483572982439695337tmp [INFO] [ERROR] Error occurred in starting fork, check output in log [INFO] [ERROR] Process Exit Code: 1 [INFO] [ERROR] Crashed tests: [INFO] [ERROR] org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.Log4j2_1482_CoreTest [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.fork(ForkStarter.java:679) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.fork(ForkStarter.java:533) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter.access$600(ForkStarter.java:117) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter$2.call(ForkStarter.java:429) [INFO] [ERROR] at org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.booterclient.ForkStarter$2.call(ForkStarter.java:406) [INFO] [ERROR] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262) [INFO] [ERROR] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145) [INFO] [ERROR] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615) [INFO] [ERROR] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [INFO] [ERROR] [INFO] [ERROR] -> [Help 1] [INFO] [ERROR]