apache / apache/jmeter

JMeter appears to ignore the -S value

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Description

### Expected behavior

JMeter executed as follows:

`jmeter -p .\user.properties -i .\logging.xml -S .\system.properties`

system.properties contains overrides for Java networking and the jmeter logfile:

`jmeter.logfile=/path/to/logfile.log`

Expected results:

JMeter logfile is created and written to as `/path/to/logfile.log`

### Actual behavior

Logfile is ALWAYS written as jmeter.log, regardless of log4j2.xml configuration or the settings in system.properties

### Steps to reproduce the problem

Generate a system properties file that overrides jmeter.logfile
Run jmeter with the -S parameter

### JMeter Version

5.5

### Java Version

java version "18.0.1.1" 2022-04-22

### OS Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.2546]

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