diff -r 4a4c7f6a5912 -r d812029cda85 mercurial/keepalive.py
--- a/mercurial/keepalive.py	Mon Mar 23 13:12:07 2009 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/keepalive.py	Mon Mar 23 13:13:02 2009 +0100
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
         HANDLE_ERRORS = i
         try:
             fo = urllib2.urlopen(url)
-            foo = fo.read()
+            fo.read()
             fo.close()
             try: status, reason = fo.status, fo.reason
             except AttributeError: status, reason = None, None