Windows CVS 1.12.12.1 Latest + Patch - "version" Command Hangs But :pserver: Not Busy

[Conrad T. Pino]

Using :pserver: instead of :ext: via SSH still hangs but the system is idle
implying a wait or suspend instead of an interruptible loop.

U:\cvssrii>h:windebug\cvs -tn version
  -> main: Session ID is 258433348960029
  -> main loop with CVSROOT=/cvssrii
Client: Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.12.12.1 (client)
Server:   -> open_connection_to_server 
(:pserver:username@cvs.local.net:/cvssrii)
  -> Connecting to cvs.local.net(192.168.40.150):2401.
cvs [version aborted]: received interrupt signal

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