*** urllibhead.py 
--- urllib.py 
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*** 435,441 ****
                  # something went wrong with the HTTP status line
                  raise IOError, ('http protocol error', 0,
                                  'got a bad status line', None)
!             if errcode == 200:
                  return addinfourl(fp, headers, "https:" + url)
              else:
                  if data is None:
--- 435,443 ----
                  # something went wrong with the HTTP status line
                  raise IOError, ('http protocol error', 0,
                                  'got a bad status line', None)
!             # According to RFC 2616, "2xx" code indicates that the client's
!             # request was successfully received, understood, and accepted.
!             if not (200 <= errcode < 300):
                  return addinfourl(fp, headers, "https:" + url)
              else:
                  if data is None: