diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/ChangeLog.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/ChangeLog.java
index 75bb1585d..b4e1455ee 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/ChangeLog.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/ChangeLog.java
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Vector;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.ResourceManager;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.Resources;
 import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.io.IOUtil;
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.Execute;
 import org.apache.myrmidon.framework.FileSet;
 import org.apache.tools.todo.types.Commandline;
-import org.apache.tools.todo.types.DirectoryScanner;
 
 /**
  * Change log task.
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ public class ChangeLog
         }
         */
 
-        final ChangeLogParser parser = new ChangeLogParser( userList );
+        final ChangeLogParser parser = new ChangeLogParser( userList, getContext() );
         final Execute exe = new Execute();
         exe.setWorkingDirectory( m_dir );
         exe.setCommandline( command );
@@ -297,7 +296,7 @@ public class ChangeLog
         final ArrayList results = new ArrayList();
         for( int i = 0; i < entrySet.length; i++ )
         {
-            final CVSEntry cvsEntry = entrySet[i ];
+            final CVSEntry cvsEntry = entrySet[ i ];
             final Date date = cvsEntry.getDate();
             if( null != m_start && m_start.after( date ) )
             {
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ public class ChangeLog
             results.add( cvsEntry );
         }
 
-        return (CVSEntry[])results.toArray( new CVSEntry[results.size() ] );
+        return (CVSEntry[])results.toArray( new CVSEntry[ results.size() ] );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/ChangeLogParser.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/ChangeLogParser.java
index 95cec58d5..a8aa1630b 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/ChangeLogParser.java
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/cvslib/ChangeLogParser.java
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.Properties;
-import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.Resources;
-import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.ResourceManager;
 import org.apache.aut.nativelib.ExecOutputHandler;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.ResourceManager;
+import org.apache.avalon.excalibur.i18n.Resources;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskContext;
 
 /**
  * A class used to parse the output of the CVS log command.
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ class ChangeLogParser
 
     private int m_status = GET_FILE;
 
+    private final TaskContext m_context;
+
     /** rcs entries */
     private final Hashtable m_entries = new Hashtable();
 
@@ -58,9 +61,11 @@ class ChangeLogParser
      *
      * @param userList the userlist
      */
-    public ChangeLogParser( Properties userList )
+    ChangeLogParser( final Properties userList,
+                     final TaskContext context )
     {
         m_userList = userList;
+        m_context = context;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ class ChangeLogParser
      */
     public void stderr( String line )
     {
-        //ignore
+        m_context.error( line );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java
index 972f0da60..e37d025a1 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/ChangeLogTask.java
@@ -280,6 +280,12 @@ public class ChangeLogTask
             throw new BuildException( ioe.toString() );
         }
 
+        final String errors = handler.getErrors();
+        if( null != errors )
+        {
+            log( errors, Project.MSG_ERR );
+        }
+
         final CVSEntry[] entrySet = parser.getEntrySetAsArray();
         final CVSEntry[] filteredEntrySet = filterEntrySet( entrySet );
         writeChangeLog( filteredEntrySet );
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/RedirectingStreamHandler.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/RedirectingStreamHandler.java
index edc08717f..948acff6a 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/RedirectingStreamHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/cvslib/RedirectingStreamHandler.java
@@ -72,12 +72,25 @@ class RedirectingStreamHandler
     private final ChangeLogParser m_parser;
     private BufferedReader m_reader;
     private InputStreamReader m_error;
+    private final StringBuffer m_errors = new StringBuffer();
 
-    public RedirectingStreamHandler( final ChangeLogParser parser )
+    RedirectingStreamHandler( final ChangeLogParser parser )
     {
         m_parser = parser;
     }
 
+    String getErrors()
+    {
+        if( 0 == m_errors.length() )
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return m_errors.toString();
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Install a handler for the input stream of the subprocess.
      *
@@ -127,7 +140,11 @@ class RedirectingStreamHandler
         //http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4329985.html)
         while( m_error.ready() )
         {
-            m_error.read();
+            final int value = m_error.read();
+            if( -1 != value )
+            {
+                m_errors.append( (char)value );
+            }
         }
     }