newbie: python 2.1 looking for libgcc_s.so.1 on SOL2.6?

[AJ]

Trying to get the script at: http://ipcheck.sourceforge.net/ to run on my
Solaris 2.6 box.  I downloaded and installed the Python 2.1.x pkg from
sunfreeware.com (I trust those guys, I haven't had any problems with their
packages).

However, whenever I try to run the script I get the following errors.
/usr/local/lib/python2.1 is in my LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  "gcc 2.95.2" is
installed as well as "binutils".

Can anyone help a newbie out here???

Much appreciation in advance...
--AJ

ERROR TEXT FOLLOWS --->
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "ipcheck.py", line 2, in ?
    import base64, getopt, urllib, httplib, os, re, sys, stat, string, time,
telnetlib, socket, binascii
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.1/base64.py", line 7, in ?
    import binascii
ImportError: ld.so.1: python: fatal: libgcc_s.so.1: open failed: No such
file or directory