diff -Nraup libmemcache-1.4.0.rc2/src/buffer.c libmemcache-1.4.0.rc2-patched/src/buffer.c
--- libmemcache-1.4.0.rc2/src/buffer.c	2006-02-21 08:58:59.000000000 +0100
+++ libmemcache-1.4.0.rc2-patched/src/buffer.c	2007-04-13 15:10:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -358,7 +358,10 @@ mcm_buf_read(struct memcache_ctxt *ctxt,
       return bytes_read;
     }
   } else if (rb == 0) {
-    MCM_ERR_MSG(MCM_ERR_SYS_READ, "server unexpectedly closed connection");
+    // MCM_ERR_MSG(MCM_ERR_SYS_READ, "server unexpectedly closed connection"); /*majek*/
+    
+    errno = ECONNRESET;
+    MCM_ERR_MSG_LVL(MCM_ERR_SYS_READ,"server unexpectedly closed connection" , MCM_ERR_LVL_INFO);
     return bytes_read;
   } else {
     /* We read something in */
diff -Nraup libmemcache-1.4.0.rc2/src/memcache.c libmemcache-1.4.0.rc2-patched/src/memcache.c
--- libmemcache-1.4.0.rc2/src/memcache.c	2006-02-21 08:58:58.000000000 +0100
+++ libmemcache-1.4.0.rc2-patched/src/memcache.c	2007-04-13 13:41:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ mcm_err(const struct memcache_ctxt *ctxt
     break;
   case MCM_ERR_SYS_READ:
     ectxt->errstr = "read(2) failed";
-    ectxt->severity = MCM_ERR_LVL_ERR;
+    ectxt->severity = MCM_ERR_LVL_WARN; /* majek: MCM_ERR_LVL_ERR; */
     ectxt->sysexit = EX_OSERR;
     break;
   case MCM_ERR_SYS_SELECT: