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FE> Did you try using a "standard" CVS as the client? I try to use cvsnt-2.5.03.2151.msi from http://www.march-hare.com/cvsnt/ "Free download" as client. FE> In my experience most of the standard CVS servers around the 'net have FE> broken compression. cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co -P xvidcore cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/lame co -P lame cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous at mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co -P ffmpeg cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous at mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/mplayer co -P main cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/celestia co -P celestia cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/avisynth2 co -P avisynth cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.pvpgn.berlios.de:/cvsroot/pvpgn co -P pvpgn ... And I can't update my old v2.00.51d to v2.5.03 because of this problem. In v2.00.51d: cvs.exe -z9 -t -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co -P xvidcore -> Tracelevel set to 1. PID is 1672 -> Session ID is 68843ff83911dcd -> main loop with CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous at cvs.xvid.org:/xvid cvs checkout: Empty password used - try 'cvs login' with a real password -> Compression enabled ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ... In v2.5.03.2151: cvs.exe -z9 -t -d:pserver:anonymous at cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co -P xvidcore 00:15:53: -> Tracelevel set to 1. PID is 1140 00:15:53: -> Session ID is 47443ff8599246f 00:15:53: -> Session time is Fri Feb 24 22:15:53 2006 00:15:53: -> main loop with CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous at cvs.xvid.org:/xvid Empty password used - try 'cvs login' with a real password S-> my_module (xvidcore, Updating, , ) S-> my_module (xvidcore, Updating, , ) 00:15:54: -> unlink_file(CVS/Entries.Static) cvs checkout: Updating xvidcore S-> safe_location( where=(null) ) S-> fopen(/xvid/CVSROOT/history,a) S-> unlink_file(./CVS/Entries.Static) S-> rename(CVS/Entries.Backup,CVS/Entries) S-> unlink_file(CVS/Entries.Log) S-> Reader_Lock(/xvid/xvidcore) S-> Lock_Cleanup() S-> unlink_file(build/CVS/Entries.Static) 00:15:54: -> unlink_file(CVS/Entries.Static) ...