+                fs = None
+            if "datefmt" in opts:
+                dfs = cp.get(sectname, "datefmt", 1)
+            else:
+                dfs = None
+            f = logging.Formatter(fs, dfs)
+            formatters[form] = f
+    #next, do the handlers...
+    #critical section...
+    logging._acquireLock()
+    try:
+##        try:
+            #first, lose the existing handlers...
+            logging._handlers.clear()
+            #now set up the new ones...
+            hlist = cp.get("handlers", "keys")
+            if len(hlist):
+                hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+                handlers = {}
+                fixups = [] #for inter-handler references
+                for hand in hlist:
+##                    try:
+                        sectname = "handler_%s" % hand
+                        classname = cp.get(sectname, "class")
+                        opts = cp.options(sectname)
+                        if "formatter" in opts:
+                            fmt = cp.get(sectname, "formatter")
+                        else:
+                            fmt = ""
+                        klass = None
+                        try:
+                            klass = eval(classname, vars(logging))
+                        except:
+                            pass
+                        if (klass == None):
+                            klass = objutils.classForName(classname)
+                        args = cp.get(sectname, "args")
+                        args = eval(args, vars(logging))
+                        h = apply(klass, args)
+                        if "level" in opts:
+                            level = cp.get(sectname, "level")
+                            h.setLevel(logging._levelNames[level])
+                        if len(fmt):
+                            h.setFormatter(formatters[fmt])
+                        #temporary hack for FileHandler and MemoryHandler.
+                        if klass == logging.handlers.MemoryHandler:
+                            if "target" in opts:
+                                target = cp.get(sectname,"target")
+                            else:
+                                target = ""
+                            if len(target): #the target handler may not be loaded yet, so keep for later...
+                                fixups.append((h, target))
+                        handlers[hand] = h
+##                    except Exception, e:     #if an error occurs when instantiating a handler, too bad
+##                        pass    #this could happen e.g. because of lack of privileges
+                #now all handlers are loaded, fixup inter-handler references...
+                for fixup in fixups:
+                    h = fixup[0]
+                    t = fixup[1]
+                    h.setTarget(handlers[t])
+            #at last, the loggers...first the root...
+            llist = cp.get("loggers", "keys")
+            llist = string.split(llist, ",")
+            llist.remove("root")
+            sectname = "logger_root"
+            root = logging.root
+            log = root
+            opts = cp.options(sectname)
+            if "level" in opts:
+                level = cp.get(sectname, "level")
+                log.setLevel(logging._levelNames[level])
+            for h in root.handlers[:]:
+                root.removeHandler(h)
+            hlist = cp.get(sectname, "handlers")
+            if len(hlist):
+                hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+                for hand in hlist:
+                    log.addHandler(handlers[hand])
+            #and now the others...
+            #we don't want to lose the existing loggers,
+            #since other threads may have pointers to them.
+            #existing is set to contain all existing loggers,
+            #and as we go through the new configuration we
+            #remove any which are configured. At the end,
+            #what's left in existing is the set of loggers
+            #which were in the previous configuration but
+            #which are not in the new configuration.
+            existing = root.manager.loggerDict.keys()
+            #now set up the new ones...
+            for log in llist:
+                sectname = "logger_%s" % log
+                qn = cp.get(sectname, "qualname")
+                opts = cp.options(sectname)
+                if "propagate" in opts:
+                    propagate = cp.getint(sectname, "propagate")
+                else:
+                    propagate = 1
+                logger = logging.getLogger(qn)
+                if qn in existing:
+                    existing.remove(qn)
+                if "level" in opts:
+                    level = cp.get(sectname, "level")
+                    logger.setLevel(logging._levelNames[level])
+                for h in logger.handlers[:]:
+                    logger.removeHandler(h)
+                logger.propagate = propagate
+                logger.disabled = 0
+                hlist = cp.get(sectname, "handlers")
+                if len(hlist):
+                    hlist = string.split(hlist, ",")
+                    for hand in hlist:
+                        logger.addHandler(handlers[hand])
+            #Disable any old loggers. There's no point deleting
+            #them as other threads may continue to hold references
+            #and by disabling them, you stop them doing any logging.
+            for log in existing:
+                root.manager.loggerDict[log].disabled = 1
+##        except:
+##            import traceback
+##            ei = sys.exc_info()
+##            traceback.print_exception(ei[0], ei[1], ei[2], None, sys.stderr)
+##            del ei
+    finally:
+        logging._releaseLock()