This may not be the right forum to surface this admin issue, so please redirect me if it's appropriate. I was just updating my boost cvs sandbox: [mark@laguna06 boost_current_cvs]$ cat CVS/Root :pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost [mark@laguna06 boost_current_cvs]$ cvs -z3 -q up -d -P and have gotten cvs update: [18:42:34] waiting for agurtovoy's lock in /cvsroot/boost/boost/libs/utility/tmpw2001-paper ... cvs update: [19:24:11] waiting for agurtovoy's lock in /cvsroot/boost/boost/libs/utility/tmpw2001-paper I'm not used to a cvs lock blocking for 40 minutes unless it's toasted. Can anyone help? Regards, Mark