7.x BWC with v7.4.2 fails to start the testcluster due to missing gc.log file

[ywangd]

This is triggered while investgating a CI test failure. However, this issue is not about the CI failure, but is about that the reproduction line does not work locally.

./gradlew ':x-pack:qa:rolling-upgrade:v7.4.2#oneThirdUpgradedTest' --tests "org.elasticsearch.upgrades.IndexingIT.testIndexing" -Dtests.seed=C320303B19599520 -Dtests.security.manager=true -Dtests.locale=en-AU -Dtests.timezone=Mexico/General -Druntime.java=8

The testcluster fails with the following error message:

[0.009s][error][logging] Error opening log file 'logs/gc.log': No such file or directory
[0.009s][error][logging] Initialization of output 'file=logs/gc.log' using options 'filecount=32,filesize=64m' failed.

Build scan: https://gradle-enterprise.elastic.co/s/e5ghyqne72il2

The same test line works by replacing v7.4.2 with v7.5.0, so this is version specific.

@mark-vieira also confirmed that this is a problem when just downloading and running v7.4.2 on its own. Interestingly, this also depends on the JDK version, e.g. Oracle JDK 8.0.201 works, but 8.0.241 does not.

[elasticmachine]

Pinging @elastic/es-core-infra (:Core/Infra/Logging)

[pgomulka]

possibly related to #45673
the problem reproduce for me on "1.8.0_181" as well as 1.8.0_275