From 4c9ec511b5b1bbda40afcdeae39b05468ac6271e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Mayo <aklhfex@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:58:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Python3: fix opening file URLs

urllib.request.urlopen() expects a string or Request object.
---
 linkcheck/checker/fileurl.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/linkcheck/checker/fileurl.py b/linkcheck/checker/fileurl.py
index 9984d866..10055f4e 100644
--- a/linkcheck/checker/fileurl.py
+++ b/linkcheck/checker/fileurl.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Handle local file: links.
 
 import re
 import os
+import sys
 try:
     import urlparse
 except ImportError:
@@ -192,7 +193,10 @@ class FileUrl (urlbase.UrlBase):
         if self.is_directory():
             self.set_result(_("directory"))
         else:
-            url = fileutil.pathencode(self.url)
+            if sys.version_info.major < 3:
+                url = fileutil.pathencode(self.url)
+            else:
+                url = self.url
             self.url_connection = urlopen(url)
             self.check_case_sensitivity()