[rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup fails with python 2.3 and Cygwin

[Linus]

I just installed Cygwin with python 2.3.
No problem for installing librsync-0.9.5.1.
No problem for installing rdiff-backup-0.13.0

Using rdiff-backup gave the following problem (but I don't know anything 
about python) :

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 20, in ?
   import rdiff_backup.Main
 File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 25, 
in ?
   import Globals, Time, SetConnections, selection, robust, rpath, \
 File 
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py", line 
30, in ?
   import Globals, FilenameMapping, connection, rpath
 File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 513, in ?
   import Globals, Time, Rdiff, Hardlink, FilenameMapping, C, Security, \
 File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 
113, in ?
   static.MakeClass(SourceStruct)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/static.py", line 
44, in MakeClass
   cls.__dict__[name] = classmethod(cls.__dict__[name])
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable


And just asking rdiff-backup's version shows the same behaviour, while a 
"hello world" python program works fine...

address@hidden: ~> rdiff-backup -V
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 20, in ?
   import rdiff_backup.Main
 File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 25, 
in ?
   import Globals, Time, SetConnections, selection, robust, rpath, \
 File 
"/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py", line 
30, in ?
   import Globals, FilenameMapping, connection, rpath
 File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", 
line 513, in ?
   import Globals, Time, Rdiff, Hardlink, FilenameMapping, C, Security, \
 File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 
113, in ?
   static.MakeClass(SourceStruct)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/static.py", line 
44, in MakeClass
   cls.__dict__[name] = classmethod(cls.__dict__[name])
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable

And idea where I can search  ?
Is it because rdiff-backup-0.13.0 is still in development ?

Vincent Letocart.