diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 31faef68236cfc83eca3ef9a63664ee3e3f6b668..0b96587dc2babbc9b3572fd00b1471bb106a44c7 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ solaris
 test
 test1
 testcache
+obsolete
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c532563aae857aaa23763334a9036c14c32c0913..a4ad320d055bd8dc886b1ce86e6a4f3b845981f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ core
 /test
 /test1
 /testcache
+/obsolete