gzip question

["Per Anders Waaler" <per.anders.waaler@marlink.com>]

Hi,

We're trying to set up our developing env. using jCVS on the client
side.
cvs server runs on the Solaris box, and selecting test connection in
jCVS works fine.
My problem starts when I want to checkout:
(checkout with unix client works fine)

cvs server: Updating test
U test/auto_home
U test/hostname.hme0
U test/hosts
ERROR downloading 'Created' file 'test/hosts'
      into temporary file 'D:/temp/T7b31095.cvs'.
REASON CVSClient.retrieveFile: ERROR size line is invalid 'E cvs [server
aborted]: couldn't exec gzip: No such file or directory'
ERROR downloading 'Created' file 'test/hosts'
      into temporary file 'D:/temp/T7b31096.cvs'.
REASON CVSClient.retrieveFile: ERROR size line is invalid 'E cvs [server
aborted]: gzip exited 256'

The command encountered an error.

The two first files are empty, hosts is the first file containing data.

cvs on the server side is in /usr/local/bin, so is gzip.
/usr/local/bin is in roots path.

any hints ?
thx
Per Anders Waaler