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Description of problem:
When retrieving a web page using URLopener.open() in urllib, the object
returned is missing the protocol in its 'url' member.

Specifically, the class method open_http(), which is called from
URLopener.open(),drops the protocol.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Following is a printout of how to reproduce the bug in an interactive
python session (launch python at command line):

Python 1.5.2 (#1, Jul  5 2001, 03:02:19)  [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat
Linux 7.1 2 on linux-i386
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> import urllib
>>> retriever = urllib.URLopener()
>>> webdoc = retriever.open('http://www.yahoo.com')
>>> print webdoc.url
://www.yahoo.com
>>> 

Note that "webdoc.url" should also include the protocol. Red Hat's
version of Python 1.5.2 doesn't. 
 

Actual Results:  The object returned from URLopener.open() is missing a
protocol in its 'url' class member.

Expected Results:  The object returned should have the protocol included
in the 'url' member.

Additional info:

This is specific to Red Hat's version of Pyton 1.5.2

I have a patch available which I will try to upload to bugzilla.