diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index e77af73c..ee33b870 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 *.patch *.log log patches applied
 *.prj
 ABOUT-NLS
+COPYING
+INSTALL
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+_*
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
 bison-*
@@ -12,11 +17,7 @@ config.log
 config.status
 configure
 configure.lineno
-COPYING
-INSTALL
 intl
-Makefile
-Makefile.in
 patches
 releases
 stamp-h*