forgot to add this..(is it wise to have an entry for config.h in CVSROOT/cvsignore?)

The problem being that .cvsignore applies recursively to any subdirectories? Hmmmm, moving it down into hugs98/src/.cvsignore won't help because while it will correctly hide hugs98/src/config.h, it will still hide src/dotnet/config.h You could create hugs98/src/includes and move the machine generated config.h to there along with the .cvsignore. Basically, we'd be overcoming the recursive behaviour by making sure that config.h only occurs in leaf directories. Or you could remove config.h from the top-level .cvsignore. Seems like the best option for now. -- Alastair