CVS

An "-n" option to revert the "-N" option was introduced. The command "cvs blame" as an alias to "cvs annotate" was added. A new "IgnoreUnknownConfigKeys" config option was added. Data loss on crashes of heavily loaded systems is now avoided. Locking during import was corrected. A server hang with enabled compression was fixed. Applying diffs when checking out very old revisions was sped up significantly. Several other improvements and bugfixes were made.

This release fixes several minor security issues, including
CAN-2005-0753, several minor potential vulnerabilities in the
contributed Perl scripts, and compilation on IRIX 5.3.

This release fixes a few serious bugs in both the
CVS client and server. An intermittent assertion
failure on checkout was fixed. A final fix for the
infamous "Red File" bug on Windows was included.
An upgrade is recommended for all clients and
servers.

This version fixes several serious security holes in the CVS server executable as well as fixing one other minor bug in both the CVS client and server. It is recommended for all CVS clients and servers.

This release fixes two security issues with root access and
file system traversal. Furthermore, it includes some fixes
for case sensitivity, symbolic link handling, portability,
and the build process.