Hanging VACUUM

I just noticed that if I do BEGIN;CREATE TABLE..., and then start VACUUM
of the database in another psql session, the VACUUM hangs until the
transaction completes.  Is this expected?

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#0  0x28256145 in semop () from /shlib/libc.so.2
#1  0x8118755 in IpcSemaphoreLock (semId=1441793, sem=0, interruptOK=1)   at ipc.c:426
#2  0x811dda3 in ProcSleep (lockMethodTable=0x81ff1c0, lockmode=7,    lock=0x283ace9c, holder=0x283addbc) at
proc.c:667
#3  0x811c898 in WaitOnLock (lockmethod=1, lockmode=7, lock=0x283ace9c,    holder=0x283addbc) at lock.c:955
#4  0x811c553 in LockAcquire (lockmethod=1, locktag=0x8046bcc, xid=9198,    lockmode=7) at lock.c:739
#5  0x811b67a in LockRelation (relation=0x826b01c, lockmode=7) at lmgr.c:141
#6  0x80735c5 in heap_open (relationId=1259, lockmode=7) at heapam.c:596
#7  0x80bf3cd in vacuum_rel (relid=1259) at vacuum.c:455
#8  0x80befa1 in vacuum (vacstmt=0x82ef1d0) at vacuum.c:239
#9  0x8124790 in ProcessUtility (parsetree=0x82ef1d0, dest=Remote)   at utility.c:718
#10 0x81222cb in pg_exec_query_string (query_string=0x82ef038 "vacuum;",    dest=Remote, parse_context=0x82666f4) at
postgres.c:777
#11 0x81234d8 in PostgresMain (argc=7, argv=0x8046f4c, real_argc=4,    real_argv=0x804789c, username=0x8258661
"postgres")at postgres.c:1908
 
#12 0x81094c0 in DoBackend (port=0x8258400) at postmaster.c:2119
#13 0x8109006 in BackendStartup (port=0x8258400) at postmaster.c:1902
#14 0x8108189 in ServerLoop () at postmaster.c:1000
#15 0x8107b6e in PostmasterMain (argc=4, argv=0x804789c) at postmaster.c:690

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