Fix for a bug in the fix for SF bug 503031. This time the OP verified

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit 64e5aa93919b · 2002-04-02T14:38:16.000Z
that it works.

Bugfix candidate (this and the previous checkin, obviously).
diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -1279,8 +1279,8 @@ def getproxies_registry():
                     for p in proxyServer.split(';'):
                         protocol, address = p.split('=', 1)
                         # See if address has a type:// prefix
-                        type, address = splittype(address)
-                        if not type:
+                        import re
+                        if not re.match('^([^/:]+)://', address):
                             address = '%s://%s' % (protocol, address)
                         proxies[protocol] = address
                 else:
