--- C:\Python26\Lib\httplib.py	2009-03-03 00:46:12.000000000 +-0200
+++ C:\Python26\Lib\httplib.py.patched	2009-09-28 18:43:10.000000000 +-0200
@@ -551,12 +551,16 @@
         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
                 try:
                     chunk_left = int(line, 16)
                 except ValueError:
                     # close the connection as protocol synchronisation is
                     # probably lost
                     self.close()