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I added a detailed comment on the yum/urllib2 issue to the
bugzilla tracker (as user jjl at pobox dot com).  As I note
there, though this is strictly a yum bug, if there is a
good, safe way of fixing urllib2 here to be more forgiving,
I think it should be done.  If I think of one when I look at
it again, will submit a patch...