cvs edit problem - can not change owner

[Mario De Weerd]

>Submitter-Id:   net
>Originator:     deweerdm
>Organization:
net
>Confidential:  no
>Synopsis:      cvs edit problem - can not change owner
>Severity:      serious
>Priority:      high
>Category:      cvs
>Class:         sw-bug
>Release:       1.11.1p1
>Environment:
Solaris2.7, gnu 2.95.2 was used
        <machine, os, target, libraries (multiple lines)>
System: SunOS micd01 5.7 Generic_106541-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
Architecture: sun4

>Description:
 - Suppose two users on the same project, in the same directory
structure.
 - User A did the checkout of the files and is owner (User A is
blubdewe).
  prompt:blubsudr> ll
   4 -rw-rw-r--   1 blubdewe blub         2343 Dec 10 12:04
BlubPostTcbt.fof
  - User B wants to edit the file, and performs cvs edit.

>How-To-Repeat:
        <code/input/activities to reproduce the problem (multiple
lines)>
   - User A does 'cvs co module'
   - User B does 'cvs edit file '  where file is a file of module

>Fix:
        <how to correct or work around the problem, if known (multiple
lines)>
   - User B does 'cvs unedit file' then 'cvs edit file'.