--- cvs-1.12.13.orig/debian/patches/61_remove_-R_warning
+++ cvs-1.12.13/debian/patches/61_remove_-R_warning
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#
+# Turn off read-only warning that breaks pserver client access. Doh!
+# Closes: #319467, #264019
+# Patch by Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
+diff -ruN cvs-1.12.13-old/src/main.c cvs-1.12.13/src/main.c
+--- cvs-1.12.13-old/src/main.c	2005-10-02 23:17:21.000000000 +0800
++++ cvs-1.12.13/src/main.c	2006-02-26 18:23:04.000000000 +0800
+@@ -764,13 +764,6 @@
+     if (argc < 1)
+ 	usage (usg);
+ 
+-    if (readonlyfs && !really_quiet) {
+-	error (0, 0,
+-	       "WARNING: Read-only repository access mode selected via `cvs -R'.\n\
+-Using this option to access a repository which some users write to may\n\
+-cause intermittent sandbox corruption.");
+-    }
+-
+     /* Calculate the cvs global session ID */
+ 
+     {