removed circular dependency causing issues in python2

daemon/scripts/core-daemon

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ message handlers are defined and some support for sending messages.
 
 import argparse
 import logging
+import os
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ def get_merged_config(filename):
         "numthreads": "1",
         "grpcport": "50051",
         "grpcaddress": "localhost",
-        "logfile": ""
+        "logfile": os.path.join(constants.CORE_CONF_DIR, "logging.conf")
     }
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -125,9 +126,6 @@ def get_merged_config(filename):
     cfg = ConfigParser(defaults)
     cfg.read(filename)
 
-    # load logging configuration
-    load_logging_config(args.logfile)
-
     section = "core-daemon"
     if not cfg.has_section(section):
         cfg.add_section(section)
@@ -149,6 +147,10 @@ def main():
     """
     # get a configuration merged from config file and command-line arguments
     cfg = get_merged_config("%s/core.conf" % constants.CORE_CONF_DIR)
+
+    # load logging configuration
+    load_logging_config(cfg["logfile"])
+
     banner()
 
     try: