Argh! What's a 'bpchar'? (copy/serial issues...I think)

I'm trying to copy some data (several hundred rows) from the file
/tmp/player.txt containing:

9,test16610,EN,NULL,a(at)b(dot)com
10,test24930,EN,NULL,a(at)b(dot)com
11,test19829,EN,NULL,a(at)b(dot)com
12,test6285,EN,Y,a(at)b(dot)com
13,test20885,EN,NULL,a(at)b(dot)com
...

into this table:

CREATE TABLE PLAYER
(
PLAYER_ID SERIAL,
PLAYER_NAME varchar(255) NOT NULL,
PLAYING_FOR varchar(255) NOT NULL,
CHEAT_FLAG char(1) NULL,
EMAIL varchar(255) NULL,
--UNIQUE (PLAYER_NAME,PLAYING_FOR,EMAIL),
CONSTRAINT PK_PLAYER PRIMARY KEY (PLAYER_ID)
)
;

with this command:

GRE=# copy player from '/tmp/player.txt' using delimiters ',';
ERROR: Unable to identify an operator '=' for types 'bpchar' and
'varchar'
You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast
ERROR: Unable to identify an operator '=' for types 'bpchar' and
'varchar'
You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast

(I've tried adding a "with null as 'null'", with no success.)

Anyone got a clue for the newbie?

-Ken