diff --git a/src/bin/antRun b/src/bin/antRun
index 45bc847d3..ac1a54d05 100644
--- a/src/bin/antRun
+++ b/src/bin/antRun
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ if test -e $CMD.sh; then
 fi
 
 echo $CMD $@
-$CMD $@ 2>&1
+$CMD $@
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Cvs.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Cvs.java
index 1f0b85203..6a326e1a7 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Cvs.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Cvs.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import java.io.*;
  * @author stefano@apache.org
  */
 
-public class Cvs extends Task {
+public class Cvs extends Exec {
 
     private String cvsRoot;
     private String dest;
@@ -76,47 +76,18 @@ public class Cvs extends Task {
 	// XXX: we should use JCVS (www.ice.com/JCVS) instead of command line
 	// execution so that we don't rely on having native CVS stuff around (SM)
 	
-	try {
-	    String ant=project.getProperty("ant.home");
-	    if(ant==null) throw new BuildException("Needs ant.home");
+	String ant=project.getProperty("ant.home");
+	if(ant==null) throw new BuildException("Needs ant.home");
 
-	    StringBuffer sb=new StringBuffer();
-	    sb.append(ant).append("/bin/antRun ").append(dest);
-	    sb.append(" cvs -d ").append( cvsRoot ).append(" checkout ");
-	    if(tag!=null)
-		sb.append("-r ").append(tag).append(" ");
+	StringBuffer sb=new StringBuffer();
+	sb.append(ant).append("/bin/antRun ").append(dest);
+	sb.append(" cvs -d ").append( cvsRoot ).append(" checkout ");
+	if (tag!=null)
+            sb.append("-r ").append(tag).append(" ");
 
-	    sb.append( pack );
-	    String command=sb.toString();
+	sb.append( pack );
 
-            project.log(command, "cvs", Project.MSG_WARN);
-
-
-	    // exec command on system runtime
-	    Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( command);
-	    
-	    // ignore response
-	    InputStreamReader isr=new InputStreamReader(proc.getInputStream());
-	    BufferedReader din = new BufferedReader(isr);
-
-	    // pipe CVS output to STDOUT
-	    String line;
-	    while((line = din.readLine()) != null) {
-		project.log(line, "cvs", Project.MSG_WARN);
-		//System.out.println(line);
-	    }
-	    
-	    proc.waitFor();
-	    int err = proc.exitValue();
-	    if (err != 0) {
-	       throw new BuildException( "Error " + err + "in " + command);
-	    }
-	    
-	} catch (IOException ioe) {
-	    ioe.printStackTrace();
-	    throw new BuildException("Error checking out: " + pack );
-	} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
-	}
+        run(sb.toString());
     }
 
     public void setCvsRoot(String root) {
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java
index 37c1e6507..0818e8fbe 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Exec.java
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ public class Exec extends Task {
     private String dir;
     private String command;
 
+    private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 512;
+
     public void execute() throws BuildException {
         // test if os match
         String myos = System.getProperty("os.name");
@@ -103,13 +105,22 @@ public class Exec extends Task {
                 fos=new PrintWriter( new FileWriter( out ) );
                 project.log("Output redirected to " + out, Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
             }
-            pipeOutput(proc.getInputStream(), "exec", fos);
-            pipeOutput(proc.getErrorStream(), "error", fos);
-            if (null != fos)
-        	fos.close();
 
+            // copy input and error to the output stream
+            StreamPumper inputPumper = 
+                new StreamPumper(proc.getInputStream(), "exec", project, fos);
+            StreamPumper errorPumper = 
+                new StreamPumper(proc.getErrorStream(), "error", project, fos);
+
+            inputPumper.start();
+            errorPumper.start();
+
+            // Wait for everything to finish
             proc.waitFor();
-            
+            inputPumper.join();
+            errorPumper.join();
+            proc.destroy();
+
             // close the output file if required 
             if (fos != null) fos.close();
 
@@ -140,20 +151,54 @@ public class Exec extends Task {
         this.out = out;
     }
 
-    private void pipeOutput(InputStream is, String name, PrintWriter fos) 
-        throws IOException 
-    {
-project.log("pipeOutput", name, Project.MSG_INFO);
-        InputStreamReader isr=new InputStreamReader(is);
-        BufferedReader din = new BufferedReader(isr);
-
-        // pipe output to STDOUT
-        String line;
-        while((line = din.readLine()) != null) {
-        if( fos==null)
-            project.log(line, name, Project.MSG_INFO);
-        else
-            fos.println(line);
-        }
+    // Inner class for continually pumping the input stream during
+    // Process's runtime.
+    class StreamPumper extends Thread {
+	private BufferedReader din;
+        private String name;
+	private boolean endOfStream = false;
+	private int SLEEP_TIME = 5;
+        private Project project;
+	private PrintWriter fos;
+
+	public StreamPumper(InputStream is, String name, Project project, PrintWriter fos) {
+            this.din     = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));
+            this.name    = name;
+            this.project = project;
+	    this.fos     = fos;
+	}
+
+	public void pumpStream()
+	    throws IOException
+	{
+	    byte[] buf = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
+	    if (!endOfStream) {
+                String line = din.readLine();
+
+		if (line != null) {
+                    if (fos==null)
+                        project.log(line, name, Project.MSG_INFO);
+                    else
+                        fos.println(line);
+		} else {
+		    endOfStream=true;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+
+	public void run() {
+            try {
+	        try {
+		    while (!endOfStream) {
+		        pumpStream();
+		        sleep(SLEEP_TIME);
+		    }
+	        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+                }
+                din.close();
+	    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+	    }
+	}
     }
+
 }