See https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=118760&aid=800741&group_id=18760 This has been fixed upstream, but a backport would be nice until 1.0 is released Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
Here's the key change: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/viewcvs/viewcvs/lib/compat.py?r1=text&tr1=1.14&r2=text&tr2=1.15&diff_format=h
Please test with viewcvs-0.9.2_p20040831. Reopen if necessary