cvs client on Solaris 8

[Jeremy Finke]

hello all,
I am having a problem using the client for solaris 8.  I have a repository
that I have had set up for a year now.  I downloaded the client for solaris
8 from sunfreeware.com.  

I can login using cvs login...  my CVSROOT is set to
:pserver:address@hidden:/home/cvsuser/repository.  I get a ~/.cvspass file.
But then when I try to do a cvs co <project>, it just hangs there... not
doing anything at all...  If I try to do a cvs status, I get: 
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cvs: lock.c:179: lock_name: Assertion `*short_repos++ == '/'' failed.
cvs server: Examining .
Terminated with fatal signal 6

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I can check things out using jCVS, so I know that my connectivity is
alright.  But, it looks like when I use the -n option some things start
working (not really, because it doesn't commit anything), but I get better
results...  The -t option doesn't seem to tell me anything...

Any ideas??  I know that the server itself is working alright, because I
have other machines working with it... It is just this client that is acting
up...

Thanks!!

Jeremy