--- C:\Python25\Lib\httplib.py.orig	2008-02-12 20:48:24.000000000 +-0200
+++ C:\Python25\Lib\httplib.py.patched	2009-09-28 18:30:33.000000000 +-0200
@@ -542,12 +542,16 @@
         while True:
             if chunk_left is None:
                 line = self.fp.readline()
                 i = line.find(';')
                 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
                 chunk_left = int(line, 16)
                 if chunk_left == 0:
                     break
             if amt is None:
                 value += self._safe_read(chunk_left)
             elif amt < chunk_left: