smtplib Segfaults Python under Debian

[Cousin Stanley]

| localhost:~alex#python
| Python 2.3.3 (#2, Feb 24 2004, 09:29:20)
| [GCC 3.3.3 (Debian)] on linux2
| Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license"
| for more information.
|
| >>> import smtplib
|
| Segmentation fault (core dumped)
|
| This happens under python 2.2 and 2.3 and 2.4
| ....

Alex ....

   Using Python 2.3.5 here under Debian GNU/Linux Sarge
   import smtplib is OK ....

sk at cpq1 :  ~/python  $ python
Python 2.3.5 (#2, Feb  9 2005, 00:38:15)
[GCC 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-8)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>>
 >>> import smtplib
 >>>
 >>> smtplib.__file__
'/usr/lib/python2.3/smtplib.pyc'
 >>>

sk at cpq1 :  ~/python  $ apt-cache policy python2.3
python2.3:
   Installed: 2.3.5-1
   Candidate: 2.3.5-1
   Version Table:
  *** 2.3.5-1 0
         500 http://mirrors.kernel.org sarge/main Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


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Stanley C. Kitching
Human Being
Phoenix, Arizona