Index: squid/src/forward.c
diff -c squid/src/forward.c:1.82.2.7 squid/src/forward.c:1.82.2.8
*** squid/src/forward.c:1.82.2.7	Tue Dec  9 14:51:32 2003
--- squid/src/forward.c	Sat Dec 13 09:48:39 2003
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*** 391,398 ****
  	ftimeout = 5;
      if (ftimeout < ctimeout)
  	ctimeout = ftimeout;
!     if (fwdCheckRetriable(fwdState)) {
! 	if ((fd = pconnPop(host, port)) >= 0) {
  	    debug(17, 3) ("fwdConnectStart: reusing pconn FD %d\n", fd);
  	    fwdState->server_fd = fd;
  	    fwdState->n_tries++;
--- 391,398 ----
  	ftimeout = 5;
      if (ftimeout < ctimeout)
  	ctimeout = ftimeout;
!     if ((fd = pconnPop(host, port)) >= 0) {
! 	if (fwdCheckRetriable(fwdState)) {
  	    debug(17, 3) ("fwdConnectStart: reusing pconn FD %d\n", fd);
  	    fwdState->server_fd = fd;
  	    fwdState->n_tries++;
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*** 401,406 ****
--- 401,412 ----
  	    comm_add_close_handler(fd, fwdServerClosed, fwdState);
  	    fwdConnectDone(fd, COMM_OK, fwdState);
  	    return;
+ 	} else {
+ 	    /* Discard the persistent connection to not cause
+ 	     * a imbalance in number of conenctions open if there
+ 	     * is a lot of POST requests
+ 	     */
+ 	    comm_close(fd);
  	}
      }
  #if URL_CHECKSUM_DEBUG