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Irritating:

$ python2.3 -c 'import urllib; print urllib.getproxies()'
{}
$ python2.4 -c 'import urllib; print urllib.getproxies()'
{'http': 'http://localhost:8501'}

Is it documented somewhere that getproxies() just plain doesn’t work in OS X with the Apple-supplied 2.3 build?