From d0967ef43c6d67a90320f236027157556a9fcee8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Taylor <sjltaylor@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 17:23:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] if the URI type for a proxy is generic, reparse with the
 current scheme

---
 lib/contrib/uri_ext.rb | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/contrib/uri_ext.rb b/lib/contrib/uri_ext.rb
index c1229e8..7337ca5 100644
--- a/lib/contrib/uri_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/contrib/uri_ext.rb
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ def read(options = nil, &block)
     def connect
       if proxy = proxy_uri
         proxy = URI.parse(proxy) if String === proxy
+        if URI::Generic === proxy
+          proxy = URI("#{scheme}://#{proxy.to_s}")
+        end
         http = Net::HTTP.new(host, port, proxy.host, proxy.port, proxy.user, proxy.password)
       else
         http = Net::HTTP.new(host, port)