Segmentation fault when calling redrawwin on a fresh window

[Thorben Krueger]

I had the python ncurses module segfaulting on me, see
http://bugs.python.org/issue1266.
I use python 2.5.1, which is built against ncurses version 5.6-r1 (or
so). ncurses5-config --version gives me 5.6.20061217. The seems to
effect older versions, too. Python 2.4 on the slightly more
conservative debian machine of a friend crashes too, but now someone
has posted a c-script to show that the bug seems to lie with ncurses.
For your convenience, I post it below:

#include <curses.h>

int main(int argc, char**argv) {
  WINDOW *win = initscr();
  WINDOW *win2 = newwin(50, 50, 50, 50);
  redrawwin(win2);
  return 0;
}

hope it helped.

thorben