pysqlite2.0.3 test fails on both Solaris 9 (sparc) and FC3 (AMD 32 bit)

Tried searching the archive and Googled to little avail....

Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Jul 21 2007, 15:31:47)
[GCC 4.1.1] on sunos5
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from pysqlite2 import test
>>> test.test()
.............EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.......EE....EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE..EEEEEEEEEEE
======================================================================
ERROR: CheckClose (pysqlite2.test.dbapi.ConnectionTests)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pysqlite2/test/dbapi.py", line 87, in setUp
    cu.execute("create table test(id integer primary key, name text)")
Warning: You can only execute one statement at a time.
........

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 142 tests in 0.179s

FAILED (errors=116)
>>>

All the errors seemed to be similar (one line traceback followed by the
same warning), and seem to fail on self.cur.execute("create table test(i)")

sqlite-3.3.6-sol9-sparc-local

$ uname -a
SunOS apogee6 5.9 Generic_118558-35 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80

(4 processor Ultra 10 with 4GB physical memory).

Try again on Linux (AMD uniprocessor with 1GB)
$ uname -a
Linux apogee10.apogeect.com 2.6.9-1.667 #1 Tue Nov 2 14:41:25 EST 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

>>> from pysqlite2 import test
>>> test.test()
.............EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.......EE....EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE..EEEEEEEEEEE
======================================================================
ERROR: CheckClose (pysqlite2.test.dbapi.ConnectionTests)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pysqlite2/test/dbapi.py", line 87, in setUp
    cu.execute("create table test(id integer primary key, name text)")
Warning: You can only execute one statement at a time.
.......
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 142 tests in 0.114s

FAILED (errors=116)
>>>

Tried rebuilding sqlite with ./configure --disable-threadsafe and it made no
difference on either platform (so now both are at sqlite-3.5.3).

For it to fail on both platforms in such a similar way suggests something
rather basic is wrong. If someone can point me in the right direction, it
would be much appreciated - please CC me since I'm not subscribed to the list.

TIA -- Frank Middleton