diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8cd9c9bb3..4f9694ec3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-28  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@redhat.com>
+
+	* src-release (CVS_NAMES): Define.
+	(do-tar, do-tar): Prune $(CVS_NAMES).
+
 2004-02-23  Andrew Cagney  <cagney@redhat.com>
 
 	* texinfo/texinfo.tex: Update from version 2003-02-03.16 to
diff --git a/src-release b/src-release
index 403ce147c..4fec63121 100644
--- a/src-release
+++ b/src-release
@@ -208,11 +208,14 @@ do-proto-toplev: $(DEVO_SUPPORT) $(SUPPORT_FILES) texinfo/texinfo.tex
 	-rm -f $(PACKAGE)-$(VER)
 	ln -s proto-toplev $(PACKAGE)-$(VER)
 
+CVS_NAMES= \( -name CVS -o -name '.cvsignore' \)
+
 .PHONY: do-tar
 do-tar:
 	echo "==> Making $(PACKAGE)-$(VER).tar"
 	-rm -f $(PACKAGE)-$(VER).tar
-	find $(PACKAGE)-$(VER) -follow -name CVS -prune -o -type f -print \
+	find $(PACKAGE)-$(VER) -follow $(CVS_NAMES) -prune \
+			-o -type f -print \
 		| tar cTfh - $(PACKAGE)-$(VER).tar
 
 .PHONY: do-bz2
@@ -224,7 +227,8 @@ do-bz2:
 .PHONY: do-md5sum
 do-md5sum:
 	echo "==> Adding md5 checksum to top-level directory"
-	cd proto-toplev && find * -follow -name CVS -prune -o -type f -print \
+	cd proto-toplev && find * -follow $(CVS_NAMES) -prune \
+			-o -type f -print \
 		| xargs $(MD5PROG) > ../md5.sum
 	mv md5.sum proto-toplev