Hmmm... while trying to do a "cvs update" I ran into the following problem. This error occurs even if I start fresh.

max $ date
Sat Nov 7 11:32:14 CST 1998 max $ cvs --version

Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.10.3 (client/server)

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max $ cvs -z6 update -d -P [...] cvs server: Updating doc cvs server: Updating doc/IPC7 cvs server: failed to create lock directory in repository /projects/cvsroot/mailman/doc/IPC7': Permission denied cvs server: failed to obtain dir lock in repository /projects/cvsroot/mailman/doc/IPC7' cvs [server aborted]: read lock failed - giving up