diff -ru ../LWPng-alpha-0.24-orig/lib/LWP/Conn/_Connect.pm ./lib/LWP/Conn/_Connect.pm
--- ../LWPng-alpha-0.24-orig/lib/LWP/Conn/_Connect.pm	Tue Jul  7 14:36:55 1998
+++ ./lib/LWP/Conn/_Connect.pm	Fri Feb  2 16:07:49 2001
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 	my $O_NONBLOCK = Fcntl::O_NONBLOCK();
 	my $F_GETFL    = Fcntl::F_GETFL();
 	my $F_SETFL    = Fcntl::F_SETFL();
+	undef *IO::Handle::blocking;
 	*IO::Handle::blocking = sub {
 	    my $fh = shift;
 	    my $dummy = '';