> >is this a known problem? is there a workaround? my cvs client is version > >1.12.9 > > until cvs diff; do sleep 10; done ok, is there any interest in setting up ssh anoncvs access? will that make things more robust? randolph -- Randolph Chung Debian GNU/Linux Developer, hppa/ia64 ports http://www.tausq.org/