> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:07:35 +0000
> From: Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org>
> 
> core dumps on OpenBSD are not named 'core' anyway so ignoring them
> is pointless and gets in the way.
> 
> OK?

Why should cvs on OpenBSD behave different from cvs on other platforms?

People should not name files or directories "core".  It leads to
accidents like sysadmins accidentally removing stuff when trying to
free up disk space by removing all core files.

> Index: gnu/usr.bin/cvs/src/ignore.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/src/ignore.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.15
> diff -u -p -r1.15 ignore.c
> --- gnu/usr.bin/cvs/src/ignore.c      5 Jan 2012 19:45:20 -0000       1.15
> +++ gnu/usr.bin/cvs/src/ignore.c      20 Mar 2012 10:06:31 -0000
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int ign_size;                        /* This many 
> slot
>  static int ign_hold = -1;            /* Index where first "temporary" item
>                                        * is held */
>  
> -const char *ign_default = ". .. core RCSLOG tags TAGS RCS SCCS .make.state\
> +const char *ign_default = ". .. RCSLOG tags TAGS RCS SCCS .make.state\
>   .*.swp\
>   .nse_depinfo #* .#* cvslog.* ,* CVS CVS.adm .del-* *.a *.olb *.o *.obj\
>   *.so *.Z *~ *.old *.elc *.ln *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej *.exe _$* *$ 
> *.depend";

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