[GRASSLIST:1846] trouble with TIGER data

I have imported vector data from TIGER type 1 and type 2 files using
v.in.tig.basic. I then ran v.support on each map imported. But, when I
run d.what.vect GRASS complains that cats support is missing. I am
confused here as I thought that v.support was supposed to do this.

What am I missing here? What do I have to do to get the dig_cats files
build for these TIGER maps?

Ed