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 Library
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+- Patch #1668100: urllib2 now correctly raises URLError instead of
+  OSError if accessing a local file via the file:// protocol fails.
+
 - Patch #1677862: Require a space or tab after import in .pth files.
 
 - Patch #1192590: Fix pdb's "ignore" and "condition" commands so they trap