It appears this bug still exists.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 17:52:44 +0400 (MSD)
> From: Artem Chuprina <ran@pirit.com>
>
> ran=> create table test_source (src text);
> CREATE
> ran=> insert into test_source values('First distinct');
> INSERT 235913 1
> ran=> insert into test_source values('First distinct');
> INSERT 235914 1
> ran=> insert into test_source values('Second distinct');
> INSERT 235915 1
> ran=> insert into test_source values('Second distinct');
> INSERT 235916 1
> ran=> select src from test_source;
> src
> ---------------
> First distinct
> First distinct
> Second distinct
> Second distinct
> (4 rows)
>
> ran=> select distinct src from test_source;
> src
> ---------------
> First distinct
> Second distinct
> (2 rows)
>
> ran=> create sequence seq_test;
> CREATE
> ran=> create table test1 (n int default nextval('seq_test'), t text);
> CREATE
> ran=> create table test2 (n int, t text);
> CREATE
> ran=> insert into test2 ("t") select distinct src from test_source;
> INSERT 0 2
> ran=> insert into test1 ("t") select distinct src from test_source;
> INSERT 0 4
>
> Look here^
>
> ran=> select * from test2;
> n|t
> -+---------------
> |First distinct
> |Second distinct
> (2 rows)
>
> ran=> select * from test1;
> n|t
> -+---------------
> 1|First distinct
> 2|First distinct
> 3|Second distinct
> 4|Second distinct
> (4 rows)
>
> PostgreSQL 6.4.2, PostgreSQL 6.5.1.
>
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