issue-3887-cherry-pick

[ramanathan1504]

Cherry-pick apache#3874 (Remove jvmrunargs lookup) into main to resolve LOG4J2-3887

Important

Base your changes on main branch for this PR, since it targets the 3.x line.

Context

• The jvmrunargs lookup is always empty apache/logging-log4j2#2726 removed the broken jvmrunargs lookup in 2.x
• Document jvmrunargs lookup apache/logging-log4j2#3876 updated documentation
• Remove jvmrunargs lookup apache/logging-log4j2#3874 removed the lookup in 2.x
• Remove jvmrunargs lookup in main apache/logging-log4j2#3887 ensures the removal is applied to main

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🧪 Tests

• No additional tests are needed; the removal of jvmrunargs is already covered by existing tests.

📝 Changelog

• Added a changelog entry in src/changelog/.3.x.x/3874_remove_jvmrunargs_lookup.xml reflecting removal of jvmrunargs lookup.