Cause initdb to create a third standard database "postgres", which

unlike template0 and template1 does not have any special status in
terms of backend functionality.  However, all external utilities such
as createuser and createdb now connect to "postgres" instead of
template1, and the documentation is changed to encourage people to use
"postgres" instead of template1 as a play area.  This should fix some
longstanding gotchas involving unexpected propagation of database
objects by createdb (when you used template1 without understanding
the implications), as well as ameliorating the problem that CREATE
DATABASE is unhappy if anyone else is connected to template1.
Patch by Dave Page, minor editing by Tom Lane.  All per recent
pghackers discussions.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/pg_service.conf.sample b/src/interfaces/libpq/pg_service.conf.sample
index e15d79b91e..8a22fda95a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/pg_service.conf.sample
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/pg_service.conf.sample
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 # A service is a set of named connection parameters.  You may specify
 # multiple services in this file.  Each starts with a service name in  
 # brackets.  Subsequent lines have connection configuration parameters of
-# the pattern  "param=value".  A sample configuration for template1 is 
+# the pattern  "param=value".  A sample configuration for postgres is 
 # included in this file.  Lines beginning with '#' are comments.
 #
 # Copy this to your sysconf directory (typically /usr/local/pgsql/etc) and
 # rename it pg_service.conf.
 #
 #
-#[template1]
-#dbname=template1
+#[postgres]
+#dbname=postgres
 #user=postgres