Emacs keeps reseting custom-set-variables in .emacs

[Micha Feigin]

Emacs keeps deleting all the entrees I have in custom-set-variables and
custom-set-faces each time I load emacs and nothing I do seems to help.
These values were saved some time ago with the options->save options
menu entry.

I have my emacs settings in cvs with .emacs a symbolic link to
.emacs.d/emacs if it matters and the emacs version is emacs bidi which
is based on 21.3.50.

The entree if it helps:

(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 '(auto-compression-mode t nil (jka-compr))
 '(column-number-mode t)
 '(display-time-mode t nil (time))
 '(ecb-layout-name "layout-4")
 '(ecb-layout-window-sizes (quote (("layout-2" (0.14634146341463414 . 0.5) 
(0.14634146341463414 . 0.32608695652173914) (0.14634146341463414 . 
0.15217391304347827) (0.18699186991869918 . 0.5434782608695652) 
(0.18699186991869918 . 0.43478260869565216)))))
 '(ecb-options-version "2.21")
 '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))
 '(scroll-bar-mode (quote right))
 '(show-paren-mode t nil (paren))
 '(tool-bar-mode nil nil (tool-bar))
 '(transient-mark-mode t))
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 '(my-tab-face ((((class color)) (:background "gray5"))))
 '(my-trailing-space-face ((((class color)) (:background "gray5")))))