After filing this bug a long time ago, I just tried to reproduce it and it seems to be fixed now. I'm not sure exactly when it got fixed, but here are the relevant package versions on my system now.
-Ivan -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages python2.3 depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-11 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.3.5-8.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdb4.3 4.3.29-1 Berkeley v4.3 Database Libraries [ ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline5 5.0-11 GNU readline and history libraries ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8a-4 SSL shared libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-8 compression library - runtime Versions of packages python2.3 recommends: ii python2.3-iconvcodec 1.1.2-1 Python universal Unicode codec, us -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
