Solaris core dump with McMillan Installer

[Jedi Master Yoda]

I'm trying to package a little application for Solaris using the superb
McMillan Installer. However, though trivial scripts seem to work, any
attempt to import a module results in a bus error and core dump.

SunOS iris 5.8 Generic_108528-07 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60
Python 1.5.2 (#1, Feb 19 2001, 01:03:53)  [GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)]
on sunos5
Installer 4a4 (though I get the same problem with previous versions)

bash-2.03$ cat itest.py
import string

print "Hello world\n"

bash-2.03$ python ../Installer/Standalone.py itest.py
> /opt/sfw/bin/python /home/yoda/Installer/Builder.py
/home/yoda/installer/itest.cfg
W: exec statment detected at line 295 of imputil
W: No module named dos
W: No module named mac
W: No module named nt
W: No module named os2
W: eval hack detected at line 359 of string
W: eval hack detected at line 389 of string
W: eval hack detected at line 418 of string

bash-2.03$ cd dist_itest/
bash-2.03$ ./itest.exe
'import exceptions' failed; use -v for traceback
Warning!  Falling back to string-based exceptions
Bus Error (core dumped)

sh-2.03$ gdb -c core itest.exe
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This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.8"...
Core was generated by `./itest.exe'.
Program terminated with signal 9, Killed.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libthread.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libthread.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libm.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libc.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libmp.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-60/lib/libc_psr.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-60/lib/libc_psr.so.1
#0  0x17634 in main (argc=569062, argv=0xffbef8b4, envp=0x84000) at
frozen.c:148
148                         if (toc->typcd == 'b') {

Is this an installer issue, a zlib issue, a Solaris issue, or user
stupidity? Any help appreciated.

JMY
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