[jQuery] < id=__ie_init defer=true src=//:>

[Diego A.]

In IE (6 and 7) the compressed version of jQuery is adding the
following text to the document:
< id=__ie_init defer=true src=//:>

I know it's related to the following code (from line 1493):
                // Only works if you document.write() it
                document.write("<scr" + "ipt id=__ie_init defer=true " +
                        "src=//:><\/script>");

I found this related topic...
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/105ccbd917252bb2
...but it doesn't actually mention a solution.

Mike Alsup suggested removing the 'defer' attribute from the script
tag, but it doesn't apply to my case (I'm not using defer).

Any ideas why this is happening?