diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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+++ b/.cvsignore
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+.purify
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+config.h
+config.cache
+config.status
+Makefile
+buildno
+python
diff --git a/Modules/.cvsignore b/Modules/.cvsignore
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+Setup
+Makefile.pre
+Setup.thread
+Setup.local
+hassignal
+config.c
+Makefile
+add2lib
diff --git a/Objects/.cvsignore b/Objects/.cvsignore
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+add2lib
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diff --git a/Parser/.cvsignore b/Parser/.cvsignore
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+++ b/Parser/.cvsignore
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+Makefile
+pgen
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diff --git a/Python/.cvsignore b/Python/.cvsignore
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+Makefile
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