*** httplib.py	Fri Dec 30 15:39:06 2011
--- httplib_patched.py	Fri Dec 30 15:46:26 2011
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*** 745,750 ****
--- 745,754 ----
              line = response.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1)
              if len(line) > _MAXLINE:
                  raise LineTooLong("header line")
+             if not line:
+                 # a vanishingly small number of sites EOF without
+                 # sending the trailer
+                 break
              if line == '\r\n': break