CVS hangs on commit (fix against 1.11.2 enclosed)

[pronovic]

Synopsis:       CVS hangs on commit
Severity:       serious
Priority:       medium
Category:       CVS
Class:          sw-bug
Release:        1.11.2
Environment:
System: Linux daystrom 2.4.18 #1 Mon Jun 24 16:21:48 CDT 2002 i686 unknown
Architecture: i686
Debian GNU/Linux 'testing'

Description:
   When committing and not adding a description, cvs does commit the files but 
also hangs afterwards, causing a stale lock. 
How-To-Repeat:
   See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=157881 for a recipe.
Fix:
   Apply the following patch.

diff -r cvs-1.11.2-old/src/commit.c cvs-1.11.2-new/src/commit.c
499,502c499,504
<       /* We always send some sort of message, even if empty.  */
<       /* FIXME: is that true?  There seems to be some code in do_editor
<          which can leave the message NULL.  */
<       option_with_arg ("-m", saved_message);
---
>       /* Send a blank comment if the editor leaves it blank.  Otherwise,
>          we hang in an editor session on the server, which is bad.  */
>       if (saved_message)
>           option_with_arg ("-m", saved_message);
>       else
>           option_with_arg ("-m", "");