Given that 1.2.13.1 has been available since 11-Jul-2006 this 'problem' must be either (1) an artifact of my ignorance or (2) a well known 'feature' but --
Creating a new repository with 'init' results in a loop requesting a passphrase: $ ../utils/cvs-1.12.13.1/src/cvs -d /cvsroot/newcvs/ init You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: ".... Using Ctl-C to exit the loop leaves the terminal in a no echo state. However, the repository IS created and 1.2.13.1 is able to import, checkout, commit, etc. (The passphrase request works for import and commit). If the "--no-sign" option is added for a 1.2.13.1 "init" then an apparently usable repository is created without the "passphrase loop". This behavior has been observed for cvs 1.2.13.1 built from source on both CentOS 4.5 and Ubuntu 7.04. --
