*** \usr\src\py24old/httplib.py	Sat Sep 24 21:35:28 2005
--- httplib.py	Sat Sep 24 21:37:48 2005
*************** class SharedSocket:
*** 899,904 ****
--- 899,905 ----
          self._refcnt -= 1
          assert self._refcnt >= 0
          if self._refcnt == 0:
+             self.sock.shutdown(2)
              self.sock.close()
  
      def __del__(self):