[rt-users] failed db initialisation

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What could be the cause of the following error:
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Creating Pg database rt3.
DBD::Pg::db do failed: ERROR:  CREATE DATABASE: may not be called in a 
transaction block at //opt/rt3/sbin/rt-setup-database line 182, <STDIN> 
line 1.
NOTICE:  current transaction is aborted, queries ignored until end of 
transaction block
DBI connect('dbname=rt3;host=localhost','postgres',...) failed: FATAL 
1:  Database "rt3" does not exist in the system catalog. at 
//opt/rt3/sbin/rt-setup-database line 88
FATAL 1:  Database "rt3" does not exist in the system catalog. at 
//opt/rt3/sbin/rt-setup-database line 88, <STDIN> line 1.
make: *** [initialize-database] Error 255

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This happens during

   make initialize-database