From 3527f594573c56756ee8ed8cc248a101fd8e2e7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:23:41 +0000
Subject: Hack so that if a 302 or 301 redirect contains a relative URL, the
 right thing "just happens" (basejoin() with old URL).

---
 Lib/urllib.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
index c3da7bf..9ccf9c5 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ class FancyURLopener(URLopener):
             return
         void = fp.read()
         fp.close()
+        # In case the server sent a relative URL, join with original:
+        newurl = basejoin("http:" + url, newurl)
         return self.open(newurl, data)
 
     # Error 301 -- also relocated (permanently)
-- 
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