Failed getting backend encoding

We are using DSPACE with POSTGRES.  While doing a fresh_install of
DSPACE, we get the following error.  Is there a setting with POSTGRES
that would cause the error?

ant fresh_install
Buildfile: build.xml

update:

install_code:

setup_database:
     [java] 2003-12-23 14:09:48,719 INFO
org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase @ Initializing Database
     [java] 2003-12-23 14:09:50,143 FATAL
org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase @ Caught exception:
     [java] org.apache.commons.dbcp.DbcpException: The connection
attempt failed because failed getting backend encoding
     [java]     at
org.apache.commons.dbcp.DriverManagerConnectionFactory.createConnection(DriverManagerConnectionFactory.java:101)
     [java]     at
org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolableConnectionFactory.makeObject(PoolableConnectionFactory.java:184)
     [java]     at
org.apache.commons.pool.impl.GenericObjectPool.borrowObject(Unknown Source)
     [java]     at
org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolingDriver.connect(PoolingDriver.java:146)
     [java]     at
java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
     [java]     at
java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:193)
     [java]     at
org.dspace.storage.rdbms.DatabaseManager.getConnection(DatabaseManager.java:382)
     [java]     at
org.dspace.storage.rdbms.DatabaseManager.loadSql(DatabaseManager.java:668)
     [java]     at
org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase.main(InitializeDatabase.java:76)
     [java] Caused by: The connection attempt failed because failed
getting backend encoding
     [java]     at
org.postgresql.jdbc1.AbstractJdbc1Connection.openConnection(AbstractJdbc1Connection.java:358)
     [java]     at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:122)
     [java]     at
java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
     [java]     at
java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171)
     [java]     at
org.apache.commons.dbcp.DriverManagerConnectionFactory.createConnection(DriverManagerConnectionFactory.java:95)
     [java]     ... 8 more

BUILD FAILED
file:/export/home/dspace-1.1.1-source/build.xml:220: Java returned: 1

Total time: 18 seconds

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Tammy Jones

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