Index: Lib/httplib.py
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--- Lib/httplib.py	(revision 58696)
+++ Lib/httplib.py	(working copy)
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
     def close(self):
         """Close the connection to the HTTP server."""
         if self.sock:
-            self.sock.close()   # close it manually... there may be other refs
+            # self.sock.close()   # close it manually... there may be other refs
             self.sock = None
         if self.__response:
             self.__response.close()