I can reproduce that every time on Debian Wheezy/Sid (2.7.3~rc2-1 as well as 2.7.3-3 from Sid).
Also it it can be reproduced on Python 3 (3.2.3-5): >>> import urllib.request >>> urllib.request.urlopen("http://linux.org.ru/", timeout=0.1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 139, in urlopen return opener.open(url, data, timeout) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 376, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 488, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 408, in error result = self._call_chain(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 348, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 593, in http_error_302 return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 370, in open response = self._open(req, data) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 388, in _open '_open', req) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 348, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 1160, in http_open return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPConnection, req) File "/usr/lib/python3.2/urllib/request.py", line 1145, in do_open r = h.getresponse() File "/usr/lib/python3.2/http/client.py", line 1052, in getresponse response.begin() File "/usr/lib/python3.2/http/client.py", line 346, in begin version, status, reason = self._read_status() File "/usr/lib/python3.2/http/client.py", line 308, in _read_status line = str(self.fp.readline(_MAXLINE + 1), "iso-8859-1") File "/usr/lib/python3.2/socket.py", line 287, in readinto return self._sock.recv_into(b) socket.timeout: timed out And never on Python 2.6. What additional to original reporter's information can I provide? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org