Index: Lib/httplib.py
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--- Lib/httplib.py	(revision 62215)
+++ Lib/httplib.py	(working copy)
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@

     # See RFC 2616 sec 19.6 and RFC 1945 sec 6 for details.

-    def __init__(self, sock, debuglevel=0, strict=0, method=None):
-        self.fp = sock.makefile('rb', 0)
+    def __init__(self, sock, debuglevel=0, strict=0, method=None, sockbuf=0):
+        self.fp = sock.makefile('rb', sockbuf)
         self.debuglevel = debuglevel
         self.strict = strict
         self._method = method