3 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/asyncore.py b/Lib/asyncore.py
index d3301b0..16fe43a 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncore.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncore.py
@@ -422,8 +422,11 @@ class dispatcher:
             self.handle_read()
 
     def handle_connect_event(self):
-        self.connected = True
+        err = self.socket.getsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_ERROR)
+        if err != 0:
+            raise socket.error(err, _strerror(err))
         self.handle_connect()
+        self.connected = True
 
     def handle_write_event(self):
         if self.accepting:
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 757bc1d..d94790e 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -817,3 +817,4 @@ Tarek ZiadŽ
 Peter Åstrand
 Jesse Noller
 Fredrik Håård
+Alexander Shigin
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ca9d8f7..d6ac5a8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ C-API
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #2944: asyncore doesn't handle connection refused correctly.
+
 - Issue #8447: Make distutils.sysconfig follow symlinks in the path to
   the interpreter executable.  This fixes a failure of test_httpservers
   on OS X.