lou(at)paprikash(dot)com writes:
> The two versions of PostgreSQL produce slightly different results.
Yeah, that's an intentional change.
> The 8.3 version, with the unescaped line breaks, confuses the heck out
> of psql.
Works fine for me --- I can load either dump file into either version of
psql.
Maybe your test case involves letting Windows mangle the line endings?
regards, tom lane