postgresql-7.3rc2 python interface fails

[SuSE Linux 8.0, Postgresql-7.3rc2, gcc-3.2, python 2.2.1]
[using PyGresql v3.3 from the 7.3rc2 distribution]

Postgres install goes fine as a fresh install.  Psql access is fine.
Pgdb (the python interface) cursor.execute fails on any query; it asks for "pg_type.typprtlen",
which has apparently been deleted from postgresql 7.3:
   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2002-07/msg00577.php

sty:>  python
Python 2.2.1 (#1, Sep 25 2002, 17:25:00)
[GCC 3.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import pgdb
>>> db=pgdb.connect(host='localhost',database='template1')
>>> cur=db.cursor()
>>> cur.execute('select * from pg_class')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/pgdb.py", line 189, in execute
    self.executemany(operation, (params,))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/pgdb.py", line 221, in executemany
    desc = typ[1:2]+self.__cache.getdescr(typ[2])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/pgdb.py", line 149, in getdescr
    self.__source.execute(
_pg.error: ERROR:  Attribute "typprtlen" not found

From the postgres log, the offending query was:
    SELECT typname, typprtlen, typlen FROM pg_type WHERE oid = 19

What was typprtlen supposed to mean?

Most of my postgres applications are written in python -- I *have* to have
a working python interface...

Problem also exists in PyGreSQL-3.4-pre020320.

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