>>> > > 	i'm not aware of the "interoperability issue".  any pointers?
>>> > > 	(i have no problem using cvs 1.11.10 against cvs.netbsd.org)
>
>	http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2003/12/05/0007.html

	1st problem on the email is caused by using NetBSD libz for compression
	for cvs, not the zlib.c comes with cvs (the error message on the email
	"incomplete dynamic bit lengths tree" appears in lib/libz, not in
	gnu/dist/cvs).

itojun