dummy timestamp problem

[Jon Wilson]

I am having a problem setting revision times with remote access to a CVS
server.

If I run 'cvs co test5' locally I get all the file(s) from my test
repository and test5/CVS/Entries looks like:

        /foo/0.3/Fri Oct 27 23:45:29 2000//
        D

However, if I run this on a remote machine it fails. On the remote machine
I have CVSROOT=:ext:address@hidden:/home/cvs and CVS_RSH=ssh. This
connects OK and cvs commands run without error. However, if I do a
checkout as above, I get an Entries file like

        /foo/0.3/dummy timestamp//
        D

which then causes no end of problems when I come to commit, update, etc.

Setting CVS_CLIENT_LOG gives me the following session logs for the remote
session as below. Anybody got any ideas?

Jon

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Root /home/cvs
Valid-responses ok error Valid-requests Checked-in New-entry Checksum
Copy-file Updated Cr
eated Update-existing Merged Patched Rcs-diff Mode Mod-time Removed
Remove-entry Set-stati
c-directory Clear-static-directory Set-sticky Clear-sticky Template
Set-checkin-prog Set-u
pdate-prog Notified Module-expansion Wrapper-rcsOption M Mbinary E F MT
valid-requests
UseUnchanged
Argument test5
Directory .
/home/cvs
expand-modules
Argument -N
Argument test5
Directory .
/home/cvs
co

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Valid-requests Root Valid-responses valid-requests Repository Directory
Max-dotdot Static-
directory Sticky Checkin-prog Update-prog Entry Kopt Checkin-time Modified
Is-modified Use
Unchanged Unchanged Notify Questionable Case Argument Argumentx
Global_option Gzip-stream 
wrapper-sendme-rcsOptions Set expand-modules ci co update diff log add
remove update-patch
es gzip-file-contents status rdiff tag rtag import admin export history
release watch-on w
atch-off watch-add watch-remove watchers editors init annotate noop
ok
Module-expansion test5
ok
Clear-sticky test5/
/home/cvs/test5/
Clear-static-directory test5/
/home/cvs/test5/
E cvs server: Updating test5
Mod-time 27 Oct 2000 23:45:29 -0000
MT +updated
MT text U 
MT fname test5/foo
MT newline
MT -updated
Created test5/
/home/cvs/test5/foo
/foo/0.3///
u=rw,g=rw,o=rw
77
this is different to Jon's file

hahahahaah!

Now I added a line (says JOn!)
ok

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