From c1dadc51bafbef49f4c3189fe6afb83d42fd5f95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:49:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add quickie logger function

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=8251
---
 pym/portage/util.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pym/portage/util.py b/pym/portage/util.py
index a7c8a954a..1e3b9cc30 100644
--- a/pym/portage/util.py
+++ b/pym/portage/util.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import os
 import errno
+import logging
 import shlex
 import stat
 import string
@@ -22,6 +23,15 @@ except ImportError:
 
 noiselimit = 0
 
+def initialize_logger(level=logging.WARN):
+	"""Sets up basic logging of portage activities
+	Args:
+		level: the level to emit messages at ('info', 'debug', 'warning' ...)
+	Returns:
+		None
+	"""
+	logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARN, format='[%(levelname)-4s] %(message)s')
+
 def writemsg(mystr,noiselevel=0,fd=None):
 	"""Prints out warning and debug messages based on the noiselimit setting"""
 	global noiselimit
-- 
2.26.2