diff --git a/MySQLdb/MANIFEST.in b/MySQLdb/MANIFEST.in
index a146fe4..89c53b5 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MySQLdb/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 prune CVS
-recursive-include doc *.txt *.html *.css
+recursive-include doc *.txt
 include MANIFEST.in
 include MANIFEST
 include ChangeLog
diff --git a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py
index d03c3c2..902b0a4 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/MySQLdb/converters.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import array
 def Bool2Str(s, d): return str(int(s))
 
 def Str2Set(s):
-    return Set(s.split(','))
+    return Set([ i for i in s.split(',') if i ])
 
 def Set2Str(s, d):
     return string_literal(','.join(s), d)
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ conversions = {
         (None, None),
     ],
     FIELD_TYPE.STRING: [
-        (FLAG.BINARY, char_array),
+        (FLAG.SET, Str2Set),
         (None, None),
     ],
     FIELD_TYPE.VAR_STRING: [
-        (FLAG.BINARY, char_array),
+        (FLAG.SET, Str2Set),
         (None, None),
     ],
     }
diff --git a/MySQLdb/test_MySQLdb_capabilities.py b/MySQLdb/test_MySQLdb_capabilities.py
index 5b80d49..25adc6d 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/test_MySQLdb_capabilities.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/test_MySQLdb_capabilities.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class test_MySQLdb(test_capabilities.DatabaseTest):
             generator)
 
     def test_SET(self):
-	if True: return
         things = 'ash birch cedar larch pine'.split()
         def generator(row, col):
             from sets import Set
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ class test_MySQLdb(test_capabilities.DatabaseTest):
                 if (row >> i) & 1:
                     s.add(things[i])
             return s
-        self.debug = True
         self.check_data_integrity(
             ('col1 SET(%s)' % ','.join(["'%s'" % t for t in things]),),
             generator)