--- wget-1.12.1-devel-orig/src/retr.c	2009-09-09 19:59:46 -0400
+++ wget-1.12.1-devel/src/retr.c	2009-12-10 22:53:01 -0500
@@ -890,7 +890,9 @@
   struct iri *iri = iri_new();
 
   char *input_file = NULL;
-  const char *url = file;
+
+  int url_err = 0;
+  struct url *url_parsed = NULL;
 
   status = RETROK;             /* Suppose everything is OK.  */
   *count = 0;                  /* Reset the URL count.  */
@@ -899,19 +901,13 @@
   set_uri_encoding (iri, opt.locale, true);
   set_content_encoding (iri, opt.locale);
 
-  if (url_has_scheme (url))
+  url_parsed = url_parse( file, &url_err, iri, true );
+  /* Check if input file is a URL */
+  if( url_parsed )
     {
-      int dt,url_err;
+      const char *url = file;
+      int dt = 0;
       uerr_t status;
-      struct url * url_parsed = url_parse(url, &url_err, iri, true);
-
-      if (!url_parsed)
-        {
-          char *error = url_error (url, url_err);
-          logprintf (LOG_NOTQUIET, "%s: %s.\n", url, error);
-          xfree (error);
-          return URLERROR;
-        }
 
       if (!opt.base_href)
         opt.base_href = xstrdup (url);
@@ -934,7 +930,7 @@
       xfree_null (iri->orig_url);
       iri->orig_url = NULL;
     }
-  else
+  else /* input file is not a URL */
     input_file = (char *) file;
 
   url_list = (html ? get_urls_html (input_file, NULL, NULL, iri)