cvs ignore feature

[Jeff Decker]

Hello,

I'm relativley new to cvs and I'm looking into the ignore features of cvs.

It looks like all the files you put into .cvsignore are to prevent 
adding to the repository.  My question is I am getting the project from 
a repository that already has files in it but once I get the file I want 
cvs to ignore any future changes I make to the file. 

The reason I need to do this is because we have build scripts that I 
will modify to work on my system but if I commit the changes then it 
won't work on the official build machine.  I want to get the build 
script from cvs and then when I go to commit my code changes I want it 
to overlook the actual build script files.  And likewise I would like to 
have it ignore the file when I do an update on the project folder.

I've found a horrible, bad hack to do this.  If I go into the hidden cvs 
folder and remove the file from the entries file, cvs will lose its 
"link" to that file.  This will work for commiting but if I do an update 
on the project folder I belive it will try to either overwrite my 
changes or ask me to merge manually (which is an annoyance).

If anyone knows of way to have cvs ignore already commited files, or has 
any thoughts I would appreciate any help.

Thanks and Happy Holidays,

Jeff