# use SQL_ASCII to be able to put any filename into
# the database even those created with unusual character sets
-PSQLVERSION=`$bindir/psql --version | head -n1 | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | cut -d '.' -f 1,2`
+PSQLVERSION=`$bindir/psql -d template1 -c 'select version()' | head -n1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | cut -d '.' -f 1,2`
#
# Note, LC_COLLATE and LC_TYPE are needed on 8.4 and beyond, but are