--- pungi-original	2007-05-03 11:01:18.000000000 -0400
+++ pungi-JG	2007-05-03 11:47:12.000000000 -0400
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import pypungi.gather
 import pypungi.pungi
 import yum
+import logging
 
 from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser
 
@@ -79,6 +80,16 @@
 
     destdir = config.get('default', 'destdir')
 
+    if not config.has_option('default', 'quiet'):quiet=False
+    else:quiet=True
+    config.set('default','quiet',str(quiet))
+    
+    # initialize logging. 
+    initLogger(config.get('default', 'destdir'),
+               '%s.%s.log' % (config.get('default', 'flavor'), config.get('default', 'arch')),
+               quiet=quiet)
+    log = logging.getLogger("pungi")
+
     if not os.path.exists(destdir):
         try:
             os.makedirs(destdir)
@@ -180,4 +190,25 @@
         manifestfile.close()
         return pkglist
 
+    def initLogger(path, filename, quiet=True):
+        """Initialize the log stuff so other files can use it.
+    
+        path - Is the directory where the log will be located
+        filename - Is the log files name
+        useLogFile - Whether to log to the file or not
+        """
+        logger = logging.getLogger("pungi")
+        if not quiet:
+            logdir = os.path.join(path , 'logs')
+            if not os.path.exists(logdir):
+                os.makedirs(logdir)
+            logfile = os.path.join(logdir, filename)
+    
+            fileHandler = logging.FileHandler(logfile)
+            fileHandler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+            logger.addHandler(fileHandler) 
+            logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+        else:
+            logger.disable = 1
+
     main()