Use the -P option with cvs checkout.

diff --git a/verify-patches b/verify-patches
index 28d37b9..156afca 100755 (executable)
--- a/verify-patches
+++ b/verify-patches
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ close OUT;
 
 unless ($no_cvs) {
     print "Using CVS to update the tmp/cvsdir copy of the source.\n";
-    system qq|cvs -d "$root" co -d cvsdir rsync|;
+    system qq|cvs -d "$root" co -P -d cvsdir rsync|;
 }
 
 @ARGV = glob('../*.diff') unless @ARGV;