>>Seems that it is expecting the new 'postgres' database to exist on old
>>installations?
>
> Ooops :-( Seems like maybe we want it to try postgres and then fall
> back to trying template1?
Actually, also ONLY assume postgres is a special database if the backend
is 8.1 or higher. We don't want to mess with poor people who have
already created a database called 'postgres' in their installation of
7.4, say...
Chris