Don't "import *" from stat at all -- just import what's needed, and
do it back in copy_file() (not at module level).
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
index 39f6eea..a3767bb 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/file_util.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
__revision__ = "$Id$"
import os
-from stat import *
from distutils.errors import DistutilsFileError
@@ -108,6 +107,7 @@
# (not update) and (src newer than dst).
from distutils.dep_util import newer
+ from stat import ST_ATIME, ST_MTIME, ST_MODE, S_IMODE
if not os.path.isfile(src):
raise DistutilsFileError, \