Fix for Issue1648102, based on the MSDN spec: If this parameter specifies the

orsenthil · orsenthil · commit 4947606ecca1 · 2009-05-01T06:00:23.000Z
"&lt;local&gt;" macro as the only entry, this function bypasses any host name that
does not contain a period.
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -2244,18 +2244,11 @@ def proxy_bypass_registry(host):
         # '<local>' string by the localhost entry and the corresponding
         # canonical entry.
         proxyOverride = proxyOverride.split(';')
-        i = 0
-        while i < len(proxyOverride):
-            if proxyOverride[i] == '<local>':
-                proxyOverride[i:i+1] = ['localhost',
-                                        '127.0.0.1',
-                                        socket.gethostname(),
-                                        socket.gethostbyname(
-                                            socket.gethostname())]
-            i += 1
-        # print proxyOverride
         # now check if we match one of the registry values.
         for test in proxyOverride:
+            if test == '<local>':
+                if '.' not in rawHost:
+                    return 1
             test = test.replace(".", r"\.")     # mask dots
             test = test.replace("*", r".*")     # change glob sequence
             test = test.replace("?", r".")      # change glob char
