6.5 indexes on timestamp/abstime don't appear to work

Your name : Jim Mercer
Your email address : jim(at)reptiles(dot)org

System Configuration
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Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : Intel Pentium

Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : FreeBSD 2.2.8

PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.5) : PostgreSQL-6.5beta1

Compiler used (example: gcc 2.8.0) : gcc

Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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CREATE TABLE foo
(
mark abstime;
subnet inet;
bytes_in float8;
bytes_out float8;
);

CREATE INDEX foo_by_time ON foo (mark);
CREATE INDEX foo_by_subnet ON foo (subnet);

queries don't use foo_by_time

Please describe a way to repeat the problem. Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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as above.

If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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