--- C:\Python31\Lib\http\client.py	2009-07-26 14:39:48.000000000 +-0200
+++ C:\Python31\Lib\http\client.py.patched	2009-09-28 18:48:39.000000000 +-0200
@@ -525,12 +525,16 @@
         while True:
             if chunk_left is None:
                 line = self.fp.readline()
                 i = line.find(b";")
                 if i >= 0:
                     line = line[:i] # strip chunk-extensions
+                # handle ill-formed response not ended with 0 chunk-size
+                line = line.strip()
+                if not line:
+                    break
                 try:
                     chunk_left = int(line, 16)
                 except ValueError:
                     # close the connection as protocol synchronisation is
                     # probably lost
                     self.close()