Do you get more output, or is that the only output from Hudson?

1.11 is ancient version of CVS. Any chance you can upgrade that and see if that
fixes the problem? When you run CVS from command-line with the -d >=2008-02-27
option, does the server rejects it?

There was more output in Hudson, but none of it seemed to pertain to the error.

There's almost 0 chance of upgrading cvs because we will actually be moving to
Accurev, I was just hoping to prototype it to demo the possible uses of the system.

When you run CVS from the command line with that option, the server rejects it
and says it requires an additional argument:

cvs: option requires an argument – d
Usage: cvs [cvs-options] command [command-options-and-arguments]
where cvs-options are -q, -n, etc.
(specify --help-options for a list of options)
where command is add, admin, etc.
(specify --help-commands for a list of commands
or --help-synonyms for a list of command synonyms)
where command-options-and-arguments depend on the specific command
(specify -H followed by a command name for command-specific help)
Specify --help to receive this message

OK, so I guess your version of CVS really doesn't support the -d sub-option in
the log command. Unfortunately without it, Hudson really won't be able to
compute the changelog.

I added a switch in 1.200 so that you can disable changelog computation. Add
-Dhudson.scm.CVSSCM.skipChangeLog=true to your JVM to activate this feature.

Code changed in hudson
User: null
Path:
/hudson/hudson/main/core/src/main/java/hudson/scm/CVSSCM.java (1.86)
http://fisheye5.cenqua.com/changelog/hudson/?cs=null:kohsuke:20080321010105

Log:
Adding ability to avoid computing changelog for JENKINS-1346

Code changed in hudson
User: null
Path:
/hudson/www/changelog.html (1.1284)
http://fisheye5.cenqua.com/changelog/hudson/?cs=null:kohsuke:20080321010303

Log:
Adding ability to avoid computing changelog for JENKINS-1346