Question re: deleted tags

[Christopher.Fouts]

Ok, I deleted a CVS tag using

        > cvs rtag -d <tagname> proj

Now, when I do a check out with the tag, I get

        > cvs co -r <tagname> proj
        cvs checkout: Updating proj/file1
        cvs checkout: Updating proj/file2
        cvs checkout: Updating proj/file3
        ..............

I expected 

        cvs [checkout aborted]: no such tag <tagname>


What am I missing?

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Chris T Fouts