diff -r e1687c2ac203 -r 23cd9cfff101 autobuild/autobuild_tool_install.py
--- a/autobuild/autobuild_tool_install.py	Wed Nov 09 13:28:48 2011 -0500
+++ b/autobuild/autobuild_tool_install.py	Thu Jan 19 21:03:58 2012 -0500
@@ -275,15 +275,12 @@
 
         # Existing tarball install, or new package install of either kind
         if source_install:
-            logger.warn("installing %s --as-source" % pname)
             if _install_source(package, installed_file, config_file, dry_run):
                 installed_pkgs.append(pname)
         elif pname in local_archives:
-            logger.warn("installing %s from local archive" % pname)
             if _install_local(platform, package, local_archives[pname], install_dir, installed_file, dry_run):
                 installed_pkgs.append(pname)
         else:
-            logger.warn("installing %s from archive" % pname)
             if _install_binary(package, platform, config_file, install_dir, installed_file, dry_run):
                 installed_pkgs.append(pname)
     return installed_pkgs
@@ -352,13 +349,14 @@
     # version.
     uninstall(package_name, installed_file)
 
+    logger.warn("installing %s from local archive" % package.name)
+
     # check that the install dir exists...
     if not os.path.exists(install_dir):
         logger.debug("creating " + install_dir)
         os.makedirs(install_dir)
 
     # extract the files from the package
-    logger.warn("extracting %s" % (package.name))
     files = common.install_package(package_path, install_dir)
     if not files:
         return False
@@ -442,8 +440,8 @@
         logger.debug("creating " + install_dir)
         os.makedirs(install_dir)
 
+    logger.warn("installing %s from archive" % package.name)
     # extract the files from the package
-    logger.warn("extracting %s" % (package.name))
     files = common.extract_package(archive.url, install_dir)
     for f in files:
         logger.debug("extracted: " + f)
diff -r e1687c2ac203 -r 23cd9cfff101 autobuild/common.py
--- a/autobuild/common.py	Wed Nov 09 13:28:48 2011 -0500
+++ b/autobuild/common.py	Thu Jan 19 21:03:58 2012 -0500
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
     if not os.path.exists(archive_path):
         logger.error("cannot extract non-existing package: %s" % archive_path)
         return False
+    logger.warn("extracting from %s" % os.path.basename(archive_path))
     if tarfile.is_tarfile(archive_path):
         return __extract_tar_file(archive_path, install_dir)
     elif is_zipfile(archive_path):
@@ -386,7 +387,6 @@
 def __extract_tar_file(cachename, install_dir):
 
     # Attempt to extract the package from the install cache
-    logger.debug("extracting from %s" % cachename)
     tar = tarfile.open(cachename, 'r')
     try:
         # try to call extractall in python 2.5. Phoenix 2008-01-28
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
 
             # download & extract the package, if not done already
             if not is_package_in_cache(url):
-                logger.info("installing package '%s'..." % name)
+                logger.info("downloading package '%s'..." % name)
                 if download_package(url):
                     if not does_package_match_md5(url, md5sum):
                         raise AutobuildError("md5 mismatch for %s" % url)