I know this is an attempt to save myself reading the mailing list, but still
the issue remains:
the psql from version 7.4 does not talk to a 7.2.4 database.
The CHANGELOG indicates, that both server and libraries keep compatibility
with versions after 6.3 - still there is no switch in psql to specify usage of
the pre-7.3 protocol and the 7.2 server and 7.4 psql apparently do not
negotiate.
Daniel
