using >= so setting verbose to 2 will work as well

Lib/distutils/dir_util.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def mkpath (name, mode=0777, verbose=1, dry_run=0):
         if _path_created.get(abs_head):
             continue
 
-        if verbose == 1:
+        if verbose >= 1:
             log.info("creating %s", head)
 
         if not dry_run:
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def copy_tree (src, dst,
 
         if preserve_symlinks and os.path.islink(src_name):
             link_dest = os.readlink(src_name)
-            if verbose == 1:
+            if verbose >= 1:
                 log.info("linking %s -> %s", dst_name, link_dest)
             if not dry_run:
                 os.symlink(link_dest, dst_name)
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def remove_tree (directory, verbose=1, dry_run=0):
     from distutils.util import grok_environment_error
     global _path_created
 
-    if verbose == 1:
+    if verbose >= 1:
         log.info("removing '%s' (and everything under it)", directory)
     if dry_run:
         return

Lib/distutils/file_util.py

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def copy_file (src, dst,
         dir = os.path.dirname(dst)
 
     if update and not newer(src, dst):
-        if verbose == 1:
+        if verbose >= 1:
             log.debug("not copying %s (output up-to-date)", src)
         return dst, 0
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def copy_file (src, dst,
         raise ValueError, \
               "invalid value '%s' for 'link' argument" % link
 
-    if verbose == 1:
+    if verbose >= 1:
         if os.path.basename(dst) == os.path.basename(src):
             log.info("%s %s -> %s", action, src, dir)
         else:
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def move_file (src, dst,
     from os.path import exists, isfile, isdir, basename, dirname
     import errno
 
-    if verbose == 1:
+    if verbose >= 1:
         log.info("moving %s -> %s", src, dst)
 
     if dry_run: