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+# Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000,2001,2002 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+import sys
+import traceback
+
+
+def _logexc(logger=None, msg=''):
+    sys.__stderr__.write('Logging error: %s\n' % logger)
+    traceback.print_exc(file=sys.__stderr__)
+    sys.__stderr__.write('Original log message:\n%s\n' % msg)
+
+
+def LogStdErr(category, label, manual_reprime=1, tee_to_real_stderr=1):
+    """Establish a StampedLogger on sys.stderr if possible.
+
+    If tee_to_real_stderr is true, then the real standard error also gets
+    output, via a MultiLogger.
+
+    Returns the MultiLogger if successful, None otherwise.
+    """
+    from StampedLogger import StampedLogger
+    from MultiLogger import MultiLogger
+    try:
+        logger = StampedLogger(category,
+                               label=label,
+                               manual_reprime=manual_reprime,
+                               nofail=0)
+        if tee_to_real_stderr:
+            if hasattr(sys, '__stderr__'):
+                stderr = sys.__stderr__
+            else:
+                stderr = sys.stderr
+            logger = MultiLogger(stderr, logger)
+        sys.stderr = logger
+        return sys.stderr
+    except IOError:
+        return None
+