Bug #522: Cannot Create Database

Curtis Hermann (curtis.hemann@wisdomtools.com) reports a bug with a severity of 1
The lower the number the more severe it is.

Short Description
Cannot Create Database

Long Description
I am on Mac OS 10.1. Every time I try to create a database I get the following error:
[localhost:~] postgres% createdb curtis_test
pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
before or while processing the request.
connection to server was lost
createdb: database creation failed

All other functionality like connecting to template1 or initdb seems to be functioning correctly. When I start postmaster this is what I get:
[localhost:~] postgres% /usr/local/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
DEBUG: database system was shut down at 2001-11-26 10:50:24 CST
DEBUG: CheckPoint record at (0, 1530864)
DEBUG: Redo record at (0, 1530864); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown TRUE
DEBUG: NextTransactionId: 624; NextOid: 26912
DEBUG: database system is in production state

Thanks very much,
Curtis P. Hermann

Sample Code
[localhost:~] postgres% createdb curtis_test
pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
before or while processing the request.
connection to server was lost
createdb: database creation failed

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