Index: Lib/distutils/log.py
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--- Lib/distutils/log.py	(revision 72360)
+++ Lib/distutils/log.py	(working copy)
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """A simple log mechanism styled after PEP 282."""
+import sys
 
+
 # The class here is styled after PEP 282 so that it could later be
 # replaced with a standard Python logging implementation.
 
@@ -9,10 +11,8 @@
 ERROR = 4
 FATAL = 5
 
-import sys
 
 class Log:
-
     def __init__(self, threshold=WARN):
         self.threshold = threshold
 
@@ -39,30 +39,53 @@
     def warn(self, msg, *args):
         self._log(WARN, msg, args)
 
+    def warning(self, msg, *args):
+        self._log(WARN, msg, args)
+
     def error(self, msg, *args):
         self._log(ERROR, msg, args)
 
     def fatal(self, msg, *args):
         self._log(FATAL, msg, args)
 
-_global_log = Log()
-log = _global_log.log
-debug = _global_log.debug
-info = _global_log.info
-warn = _global_log.warn
-error = _global_log.error
-fatal = _global_log.fatal
+try:
+    import logging
+    log = logging.getLogger('distutils')
 
-def set_threshold(level):
-    # return the old threshold for use from tests
-    old = _global_log.threshold
-    _global_log.threshold = level
-    return old
+    DEBUG = logging.DEBUG
+    INFO = logging.INFO
+    WARN = logging.WARNING
+    ERROR = logging.ERROR
+    FATAL = logging.CRITICAL
 
-def set_verbosity(v):
-    if v <= 0:
-        set_threshold(WARN)
-    elif v == 1:
-        set_threshold(INFO)
-    elif v >= 2:
-        set_threshold(DEBUG)
+    def set_verbosity(v):
+        logging.basicConfig(format="%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(module)s(%(lineno)d): %(message)s")
+        logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+        if v == 1:
+            logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        elif v >= 2:
+            logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+except ImportError:
+    log = Log()
+    def set_threshold(level):
+        # return the old threshold for use from tests
+        old = log.threshold
+        log.threshold = level
+        return old
+
+    def set_verbosity(v):
+        if v <= 0:
+            set_threshold(WARN)
+        elif v == 1:
+            set_threshold(INFO)
+        elif v >= 2:
+            set_threshold(DEBUG)
+
+debug = log.debug
+info = log.info
+warn = log.warn
+warning = log.warn
+error = log.error
+fatal = log.fatal
+