using >= so setting verbose to 2 will work as well
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
index 82a8b0a..0c89055 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         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 @@
         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 @@
     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: