VCP::Source::cvs complains "Absolute module reference invalid:"

Hello All,

I am trying to VCP from a CVS repo and getting this error message:

    cvs -Q -z9
    -d:pserver:anonymous:@cvs.sourceforge.net/cvsroot/sugarcrm checkout
    -r1.1 -p /sugarcrm/LICENSE returned 1 not 0
    stderr:
        cvs [checkout aborted]: Absolute module reference invalid:
    `/sugarcrm/LICENSE'

Naturally, the cvs command when run manually returns the same result. 
The CVS version is 1.12.9.

Can I prevent VCP from requesting an absolute module address from CVS?

Thank you,
Alex