[Ubuntu] [hardy] python-uno: doc.dispose() crashes with "Fatal Python error: PyImport_GetModuleDict: no module dictionary!"

I was able to reproduce this with this additional information.
The crash is occurring inside the garbage collection thread after the script has called sys.exit().

jason@hardy:~$ PYUNO_LOGLEVEL=ARGS python ooextract.py copyright
2008-01-16 14:53:39,197 [CALL,tid 1]: Instantiating pyuno bridge
Text (Encoded)
2008-01-16 14:53:39,256 [CALL,tid 1]: try py->uno[0x822c280].createInstanceWithContext((string)"com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", (com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext)0x81ebe34)
2008-01-16 14:53:39,272 [CALL,tid 1]: success py->uno[0x822c280].createInstanceWithContext()=(com.sun.star.uno.XInterface)0x8236db0
2008-01-16 14:53:39,273 [CALL,tid 1]: try py->uno[0x8239e48].resolve((string)"uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext")
2008-01-16 14:53:39,404 [CALL,tid 1]: success py->uno[0x8239e48].resolve()=(com.sun.star.uno.XInterface)0x81cb22c
2008-01-16 14:53:39,417 [CALL,tid 1]: try py->uno[0x8249370].createInstanceWithContext((string)"com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", (com.sun.star.uno.XInterface)0x81cb22c)
2008-01-16 14:53:39,417 [CALL,tid 1]: success py->uno[0x8249370].createInstanceWithContext()=(com.sun.star.uno.XInterface)0x824a1f4
2008-01-16 14:53:39,961 [CALL,tid 1]: try py->uno[0x824db20].loadComponentFromURL((string)"file:///home/jason/copyright", (string)"_blank", (byte)0x0, ([]any){ (any){ (com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue){ Name = (string)"Hidden", Handle = (long)0x0, Value = (any){ (boolean)true }, State = (com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState)DIRECT_VALUE } } })
2008-01-16 14:53:40,169 [CALL,tid 1]: success py->uno[0x824db20].loadComponentFromURL()=(com.sun.star.lang.XComponent)0x827681c
2008-01-16 14:53:40,221 [CALL,tid 1]: try py->uno[0x8277030].dispose()
2008-01-16 14:53:40,329 [CALL,tid 1]: success py->uno[0x8277030].dispose()=void
Fatal Python error: PyImport_GetModuleDict: no module dictionary!
Aborted (core dumped)

(gdb) info threads
* 5 Thread 0xb5d98b90 (LWP 19348) 0xb7fb6410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
  3 Thread 0xb6599b90 (LWP 19343) 0xb7fb6410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
  2 Thread 0xb6d9ab90 (LWP 19341) 0xb7fb6410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
  1 Thread 0xb7e128c0 (LWP 19332) 0xb7fb6410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0xb7fb6410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb7e3df35 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2 0xb7e3f8b1 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#3 0x080e8677 in Py_FatalError (msg=0x8134f4c "PyImport_GetModuleDict: no module dictionary!") at ../Python/pythonrun.c:1561
#4 0x080df147 in PyImport_AddModule (name=0xb7c423ed "__main__") at ../Python/import.c:365
#5 0xb7c27b64 in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libpyuno.so
#6 0xb7c27ee5 in pyuno::Runtime::Runtime () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libpyuno.so
#7 0xb7c41dcd in pyuno::GCThread::run () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libpyuno.so
#8 0xb7c41fe2 in threadFunc () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libpyuno.so
#9 0xb797f5ed in ?? () from /usr/lib/openoffice/program/libuno_sal.so.3

I reproduced this on hardy i386 using the latest python-uno and openoffice packages:
python-uno 1:2.3.1-3ubuntu2

I talked to the Ubuntu openoffice maintainer and he suggested that most bugs in the Uno API are due to openoffice being compiled with gcj current, which doesn't provide the same level of java support as sun's java compiler. This should change once openjava (icedtea) is used to compile openoffice. This will likely happen in hardy or hardy+1.

In a fedora 8 machine I've solved this problem by installing pydict package.
yum info pydict
Installed Packages
Name : pydict
Arch : noarch
Version: 0.3.0
Release: 11.fc8
Size : 5.1 M
Repo : installed
Summary: English/Chinese Dictionary written with python/gtk
Description:
This is an English/Chinese Dictionary wirtten by Daniel Gau with
python/gtk. The word base was originally in xdict, and was
converted and modified by Daniel Gau and bv1al. This program can be
run in both console mode and X Window GUI mode.

I got a different error when attempting to run it against 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu1. Does anyone know what this means?

ccheney@laptop-c2d:/usr/share/doc/openoffice.org/python-uno-demo$ PYUNO_LOGLEVEL=ARGS python ooextract.py ../copyright
2008-06-14 00:09:18,698 [CALL,tid 1]: Instantiating pyuno bridge
Text (Encoded)
2008-06-14 00:09:18,732 [CALL,tid 1]: try py->uno[0x82303a0].createInstanceWithContext((string)"com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", (com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext)0x81f3364)
2008-06-14 00:09:18,734 [CALL,tid 1]: success py->uno[0x82303a0].createInstanceWithContext()=(com.sun.star.uno.XInterface)0x823ca98
2008-06-14 00:09:18,735 [CALL,tid 1]: try py->uno[0x823e1a0].resolve((string)"uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext")
2008-06-14 00:09:18,747 [CALL,tid 1]: success py->uno[0x823e1a0].resolve()=(com.sun.star.uno.XInterface)0x82354fc
2008-06-14 00:09:18,754 [CALL,tid 1]: try py->uno[0x824c7b0].createInstanceWithContext((string)"com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", (com.sun.star.uno.XInterface)0x82354fc)
2008-06-14 00:09:18,754 [CALL,tid 1]: success py->uno[0x824c7b0].createInstanceWithContext()=(com.sun.star.uno.XInterface)0x824c9bc
2008-06-14 00:09:18,768 [CALL,tid 1]: try py->uno[0x824fa18].loadComponentFromURL((string)"file:///usr/share/doc/openoffice.org-core/copyright", (string)"_blank", (byte)0x0, ([]any){ (any){ (com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue){ Name = (string)"Hidden", Handle = (long)0x0, Value = (any){ (boolean)true }, State = (com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState)DIRECT_VALUE } } })
2008-06-14 00:09:18,853 [CALL,tid 1]: success py->uno[0x824fa18].loadComponentFromURL()=(com.sun.star.lang.XComponent)0x0
Error (<class 'uno.com.sun.star.uno.Exception'>) during conversion:Couldn't open stream for unknown reason

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