*** Logger.java.orig	Fri Dec  5 10:14:08 2008
--- Logger.java	Fri Dec  5 10:03:30 2008
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*** 167,172 ****
--- 167,179 ----
        int len = childrenList.size();
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
          Logger child = (Logger) childrenList.get(i);
+         //if newLevel is null, take first not null level from parent
+         Logger p = parent;
+         if (newLevel == null) {
+             while ((newLevel = p.getLevel()) == null) {
+                 p = p.parent;
+             }
+         }
          // tell child to handle parent levelInt change
          child.handleParentLevelChange(newLevel);
        }
*** LoggerTest.java.orig	Fri Dec  5 10:16:10 2008
--- LoggerTest.java	Fri Dec  5 10:16:45 2008
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*** 186,191 ****
--- 186,192 ----
    @Test
    public void setLevelToNull_B() {
      loggerTest.setLevel(Level.DEBUG);
+     lc.getLogger(loggerTest.getName() + ".child");
      loggerTest.setLevel(null);
      assertEquals(root.getEffectiveLevel(), loggerTest.getEffectiveLevel());
    }