>I ran into this a month ago and requested that a CVS guru investigate it.
>
>It was suggested that I use -rnetbsd-1-5 with the update command, but that
>did not prevent the files from disappearing.
>
>So I have given up on release branch update operations for the time being.

I use 'cvs checkout sharesrc/share' and it seems to be fine.
If your repository for share directory is basesrc/share, you must 
update this. Check your share/CVS/Repository file.

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