Index: Lib/httplib.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Lib/httplib.py,v
retrieving revision 1.95
diff -u -p -r1.95 httplib.py
--- Lib/httplib.py	26 Jun 2005 22:06:54 -0000	1.95
+++ Lib/httplib.py	18 Jul 2005 19:33:37 -0000
@@ -493,7 +493,13 @@ class HTTPResponse:
                 i = line.find(';')
                 if i >= 0:
                     line = line[:i] # strip chunk-extensions
-                chunk_left = int(line, 16)
+                try:
+                    chunk_left = int(line, 16)
+                except ValueError:
+                    # the chunked encoding somehow got messed up
+                    # return what we got so far and ignore the rest
+                    self.close()
+                    return value
                 if chunk_left == 0:
                     break
             if amt is None: