#1664522: in urllib, don't read non-existing directories in ftp mode,
returning a 0-byte file -- raise an IOError instead.
Original patch from Phil Knirsch.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 7e4a12e..537535a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@
 Library
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+- #1664522: in urllib, don't read non-existing directories in ftp mode,
+  returning a 0-byte file -- raise an IOError instead.
+
 - #856047: respect the ``no_proxy`` environment variable when using the
   ``http_proxy`` etc. environment variables in urllib.