Optional postgres database not so optional in 8.1 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On a fresh installation of postgrsql 8.1    if you drop the
'postgres' database,
psql, createdb, etc. no longer works.

psql -l; ignores -dtemplate1, and createdb doesn't have such an option.

Maybe it should fallback to template1 if the postgres database doesn't
exist?

... John