move "from stat import *" to module level
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
index a9e12ce..39f6eea 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
__revision__ = "$Id$"
import os
+from stat import *
from distutils.errors import DistutilsFileError
@@ -106,7 +107,6 @@
# changing it (ie. it's not already a hard/soft link to src OR
# (not update) and (src newer than dst).
- from stat import *
from distutils.dep_util import newer
if not os.path.isfile(src):