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Work correctly if CVSROOT specifies :fork: or :local: methods, or omits the colon between the hostname and the path. Allow :/ in repository path, since CVS does. Fix typo: "pository" should be set from $CVSROOT, not $repository. This fixes a bug reported by Wolfgang Scherer in <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2004-02/msg00085.html>, along with some related bugs I discovered by inspecting how CVS itself parses $CVSROOT.

If you think you may have found a bug in GNU Emacs, please
read the Bugs section of the Emacs manual for advice on
(1) how to tell when to report a bug, and
(2) how to write a useful bug report and what information
it needs to have.

There are three ways to read the Bugs section.

(1) In a printed copy of the Emacs manual.
You can order one from the Free Software Foundation;
see the file etc/ORDERS.  But if you don't have a copy on
hand and you think you have found a bug, you shouldn't wait
to get a printed manual; you should read the section right away
as described below.

(2) With Info.  Start Emacs, do C-h i to enter Info,
then m Emacs RET to get to the Emacs manual, then m Bugs RET
to get to the section on bugs.  Or use standalone Info in
a like manner.  (Standalone Info is part of the Texinfo distribution,
not part of the Emacs distribution.)

(3) By hand.  Do
    cat info/emacs* | more "+/^File: emacs,  Node: Bugs,"

Please first check the file etc/PROBLEMS (e.g. with C-h P in Emacs) to
make sure it isn't a known issue.