Issue #8035: urllib: Fix a bug where the client could remain stuck after a
redirection or an error.
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 3a472f2..8bf15d8 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -1762,7 +1762,6 @@
def http_error_default(self, url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers):
"""Default error handler: close the connection and raise IOError."""
- void = fp.read()
fp.close()
raise HTTPError(url, errcode, errmsg, headers, None)
@@ -1951,7 +1950,6 @@
newurl = headers['uri']
else:
return
- void = fp.read()
fp.close()
# In case the server sent a relative URL, join with original:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 286192c..85667cc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #8035: urllib: Fix a bug where the client could remain stuck after a
+ redirection or an error.
+
- Issue #13560: os.strerror() now uses the current locale encoding instead of
UTF-8.