Index: library/Zend/Cache/Backend.php
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--- library/Zend/Cache/Backend.php	(revision 20757)
+++ library/Zend/Cache/Backend.php	(working copy)
@@ -226,14 +226,7 @@
         if (!isset($this->_directives['logging']) || !$this->_directives['logging']) {
             return;
         }
-        try {
-            /**
-             * @see Zend_Log
-             */
-            require_once 'Zend/Log.php';
-        } catch (Zend_Exception $e) {
-            Zend_Cache::throwException('Logging feature is enabled but the Zend_Log class is not available', $e);
-        }
+
         if (isset($this->_directives['logger'])) {
             if ($this->_directives['logger'] instanceof Zend_Log) {
                 return;
@@ -241,9 +234,14 @@
                 Zend_Cache::throwException('Logger object is not an instance of Zend_Log class.');
             }
         }
+
         // Create a default logger to the standard output stream
         require_once 'Zend/Log/Writer/Stream.php';
-        $logger = new Zend_Log(new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream('php://output'));
+        $writer = new Zend_Log_Writer_Stream('php://output');
+
+        require_once 'Zend/Log.php';
+        $logger = new Zend_Log($writer);
+
         $this->_directives['logger'] = $logger;
     }