BUG #1297: Postgres after 7.3.5 does not works on initdb stage

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      1297
Logged by:          shpac

Email address:      shpac@ru.ru

PostgreSQL version: 7.3.7

Operating system:   Linux 2.0.40

Description:        Postgres after 7.3.5 does not works on initdb stage

Details:

Postgres after 7.3.5 does not works on initdb stage.
I compile 7.3.7 and 7.3.8, but after installing and traing to do initdb
script failt on operation:
"vacuuming template1...failed".
in the /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1/ comes core
here backtrace (gdb postmaster core):

(gdb) bt
#0  0x4029ef50 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1  0x8149c57 in varstr_cmp ()
#2  0x8149cdb in text_cmp ()
#3  0x8149f67 in bttextcmp ()
#4  0x8169577 in ApplySortFunction ()
#5  0x80b5a1a in compare_scalars ()
#6  0x40279e97 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#7  0x40279e0d in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#8  0x40279df4 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#9  0x40279df4 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#10 0x40279df4 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#11 0x40279df4 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#12 0x40279f60 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
#13 0x80b53db in compute_scalar_stats ()
#14 0x80b424e in analyze_rel ()
#15 0x80ca58e in vacuum ()
#16 0x811c41a in ProcessUtility ()
#17 0x8119d24 in pg_exec_query_string ()
#18 0x811ae67 in PostgresMain ()
#19 0x80e1b8b in main ()