CVS 1.11.20 (pserver checkout)

1: cvs status ./foo/file2 file1  fails with "entry invalid"
2: cvs status file1 ./foo/file2  works
3: cvs status foo/file2 file1    works

Here is the transcript of case 1 & 2:

[mcampos@fred ~/tmp]$ cvs -q -d:pserver:somesrv:/cvs co test
U test/file1
U test/foo/file2
[mcampos@fred ~/tmp]$ cd test
[mcampos@fred test]$ cvs status ./foo/file2 file1
===================================================================
File: file2             Status: Up-to-date

   Working revision:    1.1
   Repository revision: 1.1     /cvs/test/foo/file2,v
   Sticky Tag:          (none)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      (none)

cvs status: file1 is no longer in the repository
===================================================================
File: file1             Status: Entry Invalid

   Working revision:    1.1
   Repository revision: No revision control file
   Sticky Tag:          (none)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      (none)

[mcampos@fred test]$ cvs status file1 ./foo/file2
===================================================================
File: file1             Status: Up-to-date

   Working revision:    1.1
   Repository revision: 1.1     /cvs/test/file1,v
   Sticky Tag:          (none)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      (none)

===================================================================
File: file2             Status: Up-to-date

   Working revision:    1.1
   Repository revision: 1.1     /cvs/test/foo/file2,v
   Sticky Tag:          (none)
   Sticky Date:         (none)
   Sticky Options:      (none)