I see the following symptom using current sources...
-Thomas
myst> psql
psql: pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.This probably means the backend terminated
abnormallybeforeor while processing the request.
myst> createdb
CREATE DATABASE
myst> psql
Welcome to psql, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help on internal slash commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query \q to quit
lockhart=#