This is help message: % cvs -H checkout Usage: cvs checkout [-ANPRcflnps] [-r rev | -D date] [-d dir] [-j rev1] [-j rev2] [-k kopt] modules... % This help expresses that cvs checkout -r and -D option are exclusive. But cvs has codes for dual-restriction at RCS_getversion() in rcs.c. But stickness is only -r. That is sticky tag is set, but sticky date is not. CVS/Entries format is the cause of this limitation. There is another undocumentated behavior. If execute cvs checkout -f -r REV -D DATE MODULE, the option -f is not effective. Should be the following? char * RCS_getversion (rcs, tag, date, force_tag_match, simple_tag) ... { ... if (tag && date) { ... /* Fetch the revision of branch as of date. */ rev = RCS_getdatebranch (rcs, date, branch); free (branch); #if 1 if (!rev && !force_tag_match) rev = RCS_head (rcs); #endif return (rev); } ... } -- KOIE Hidetaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>