--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# We want to catch any unexpected failure, and exit immediately
+set -e
+
+# Download helper for cvs, to be called from the download wrapper script
+#
+# Call it as:
+# .../cvs [-q] OUT_FILE CVS_URL REV PKG_NAME BASENAME
+#
+# Environment:
+# CVS : the cvs command to call
+
+verbose=
+while getopts :q OPT; do
+ case "${OPT}" in
+ q) verbose=-Q;;
+ \?) printf "unknown option '%s'\n" "${OPTARG}" >&2; exit 1;;
+ esac
+done
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+
+output="${1}"
+repo="${2}"
+rev="${3}"
+rawname="${4}"
+basename="${5}"
+
+${CVS} ${verbose} -z3 -d":pserver:anonymous@${repo}" \
+ co -d "${basename}" -r ":${rev}" -P "${rawname}"
+
+tar czf "${output}" "${basename}"