Index: lib/test/test_urllib.py
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--- lib/test/test_urllib.py	(revision 66385)
+++ lib/test/test_urllib.py	(working copy)
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@
         self.assert_(isinstance(self.returned_obj.info(), mimetools.Message))
 
     def test_geturl(self):
-        self.assertEqual(self.returned_obj.geturl(), self.pathname)
+        if self.pathname[:1] == '/':
+            self.assertEqual(self.returned_obj.geturl(), 'file://' + self.pathname)
+        else:
+            self.assertEqual(self.returned_obj.geturl(), self.pathname)
 
     def test_getcode(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.returned_obj.getcode(), None)