From 651c0414a8be83785f64db7efd88837f2a0f0ce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aymeric Augustin <aymeric.augustin@m4x.org>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:36:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [1.3.X] Fixed #16812 -- Percent-encode URLs in verify_exists,
 to fix test failures on Python 2.5 and 2.6. Backport of r16838 from trunk.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.3.X@17803 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
---
 django/core/validators.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/django/core/validators.py b/django/core/validators.py
index 9dcc2bc3ab..b755509352 100644
--- a/django/core/validators.py
+++ b/django/core/validators.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import platform
 import re
+import urllib
 import urllib2
 import urlparse
 
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ class URLValidator(RegexValidator):
                 "User-Agent": self.user_agent,
             }
             url = url.encode('utf-8')
+            # Quote characters from the unreserved set, refs #16812
+            url = urllib.quote(url, "!*'();:@&=+$,/?#[]")
             broken_error = ValidationError(
                 _(u'This URL appears to be a broken link.'), code='invalid_link')
             try: