Django 1.8 RC1: ProgrammingError when creating database tables

Question

I\'m using AbstractBaseUser for my user models in various projects. Updating to Django 1.8 RC1 works smoothly and I can run the migrate management command. However, when try

Answer 1

To copy the answer I got from the Django ticket mentioned above: Before calling "python manage.py migrate" to create the database layout, one needs to create a migration for the app that contains the custom user class:

python manage.py makemigrations appname

This creates a migration file within the app directory - et voilà, migrate does work and creates the other tables.