An error when reading a HTTP answer is no longer fatal.

SRC/echoping.c

@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ main (argc, argv)
 	      if ((sigaction (SIGALRM, &mysigaction, NULL)) < 0)
 		err_sys ("Cannot set signal handler");
 #else
-	      signal (SIGALRM, to_alarm);
+«	      signal (SIGALRM, to_alarm);
 #endif
 	      timeout_flag = 0;	/* for signal handler */
 	      alarm (timeout);
@@ -672,6 +672,9 @@ main (argc, argv)
 #endif
 		  continue;
 		}
+	      if (nr < 0) {
+		err_ret ("Error reading HTTP header");
+	      }
 	    }
 	  if (verbose)
 	    printf ("%d bytes read from server.\n", nr);

SRC/http.c

@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ read_from_server (int fd)
       if ((nr < 1) && (errno == EINTR))		/* Probably a timeout */
 	return -1;
       if (nr < 1)
-	err_sys ("Error reading HTTP header");
+	/* SourceForge bug #109385 */
+	/* err_sys ("Error reading HTTP header"); */
+	return -1;
       /* if ((int) big_recvline[nr-1] == 10)
          nr--; */
       if (first_line)
@@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ read_from_server (int fd)
   nr = readline (fd, big_recvline, MAXTOREAD, FALSE);
   if ((nr < 2) && (errno == EINTR))	/* Probably a timeout */
     return -1;
-  if (nr < 2)			/* Hmm, if the body is empty, we'll get a meaningless error message */
+  if (nr < 2)			/* Hmm, if the body is empty, we'll
+                                   get a meaningless error message */
     err_sys ("Reading HTTP body");
   total = total + nr;
   return total;			/* How to do if we want only the body's size? */