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 Library
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+- Issue #4493: urllib2 adds '/' in front of path components which does not
+  start with '/. Common behavior exhibited by browsers and other clients.
+
 - Issue #6378: idle.bat now runs with the appropriate Python version rather than
   the system default. Patch by Sridhar Ratnakumar.