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You probably did
floss$ cvs watch remove
on all the files, but forgot to also do:
floss$ cvs watch off
A hint for diagnosing watch problems: Sometimes it can be immensely clarifying to just go into the repository and examine the CVS/fileattr files directly. See Repository Administration for more information about them.