diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
+config.guess
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.sub
+configure
+ltmain.sh
+Makefile
+config.h
+config.status
+libtool
+stamp-h
+version.h
diff --git a/util/.cvsignore b/util/.cvsignore
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+.deps
+.libs
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+bsetroot
diff --git a/util/fbrun/.cvsignore b/util/fbrun/.cvsignore
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index 00000000..726a1357
--- /dev/null
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+.deps
+.libs
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+fbrun