On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Todd Whitesel wrote:

> I have an rsync'd copy of the repository, so I should be able to checkout
> from the 1.4.2 release branch and build it, right?
> 
> After searching the mail index machine and hitting the cvs faq, I still
> haven't been able to get it to like me. It either aborts with "no such tag"
> or grinds in a promising way, but ultimately undoes everything because it
> never actually created any files (just directories).

There is no 1.4.2 _tag_ yet. Try "cvs co -rnetbsd-1-4 ...".