From 9fb026c2df80aede7bf3892e6b178d17d12858f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Nelson <daniel.nelson@influxdb.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:58:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Set log output before starting plugin (#7820)

(cherry picked from commit cd97534315b8ea922c515439acf15a7b8dd2d4e2)
---
 plugins/inputs/tail/tail_test.go | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/tail/tail_test.go b/plugins/inputs/tail/tail_test.go
index 874587f8ee78c..a8eae196ce588 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/tail/tail_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/tail/tail_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ func TestTailBadLine(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tmpfile.Close()
 
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	log.SetOutput(buf)
+
 	tt := NewTail()
 	tt.Log = testutil.Logger{}
 	tt.FromBeginning = true
@@ -44,9 +47,6 @@ func TestTailBadLine(t *testing.T) {
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
 	require.NoError(t, tt.Start(&acc))
 
-	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	log.SetOutput(buf)
-
 	require.NoError(t, acc.GatherError(tt.Gather))
 
 	acc.Wait(1)