This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 0.119ubuntu6
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* data/package-data-downloader: Set urllib._urlopener to an instance of urllib.FancyURLopener rather than urllib.URLopener, since the former handles redirects (LP: #977812). -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:15:08 +0100
This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 0.119ubuntu6
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update-notifier (0.119ubuntu6) precise; urgency=low
* data/package- data-downloader : Set urllib._urlopener to an instance of FancyURLopener rather than urllib.URLopener, since the former
urllib.
handles redirects (LP: #977812).
-- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:15:08 +0100