Initialize the logger before we call parse, so if an exception gets

thrown out of there it will be formatted properly. Then set the
level after getting the arguments.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 628a9ecc7..9e26ba3b0 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1634,6 +1634,9 @@ def main(argv = None):
     if argv is None:
         argv = sys.argv
 
+    logging.basicConfig(stream = sys.stdout,
+                        format = '%(levelname) 7s: %(message)s')
+
     options = process_command_line(argv[1:])
 
     def log_level():
@@ -1643,9 +1646,7 @@ def main(argv = None):
             return logging.WARNING
         return logging.INFO
 
-    logging.basicConfig(stream = sys.stdout,
-                        format = '%(levelname) 7s: %(message)s',
-                        level = log_level())
+    logging.getLogger().setLevel(log_level())
 
     logging.debug('%s invoked with options "%s"' % (
         argv[0], ' '.join(argv[1:])))