diff --git a/doc/.cvsignore b/doc/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/doc/examples/.cvsignore b/doc/examples/.cvsignore
index 11a18f055c..0a4500aa20 100644
--- a/doc/examples/.cvsignore
+++ b/doc/examples/.cvsignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+Makefile
 *.log
 *.xac.*.xac
diff --git a/doc/html/.cvsignore b/doc/html/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/html/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/doc/html/C/.cvsignore b/doc/html/C/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/html/C/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/doc/html/C/image/.cvsignore b/doc/html/C/image/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/html/C/image/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/doc/html/fr/.cvsignore b/doc/html/fr/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/html/fr/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/doc/html/fr/image/.cvsignore b/doc/html/fr/image/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/html/fr/image/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/intl/.cvsignore b/intl/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/intl/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/src/.cvsignore b/src/.cvsignore
index 580c2e7705..7ecc9f07a6 100644
--- a/src/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/.cvsignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ obj
 *.patch
 *.log
 *.xac.*.xac
+gnucash
diff --git a/src/optional/.cvsignore b/src/optional/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/optional/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/src/optional/swig/.cvsignore b/src/optional/swig/.cvsignore
index 019716e511..95a8cdb19f 100644
--- a/src/optional/swig/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/optional/swig/.cvsignore
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ Makefile
 tmp
 obj
 gnucash.engine.i
+gnucash-engine-perl5_wrap.c
+gnucash.engine_wrap.doc
+gnucash.pm
diff --git a/src/optional/swig/perl5_swig_annotations.i b/src/optional/swig/perl5_swig_annotations.i
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47a99820d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/optional/swig/perl5_swig_annotations.i
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/* 
+ * FILE:
+ * perl5_swig_annotations.i
+ *
+ * FUNCTION:
+ * clean up various aspects of the gnucash engine interface with 
+ * respect to the SWIG-generated perl bindings. This includes:
+ * -- handling time_t values as ints
+ * -- converting C ** arrays to perl arrays
+ *
+ * HISTORY:
+ * Created by Linas Vepstas January 1999
+ * Copyright (c) 1999 Linas Vepstas 
+ */
+
+#ifdef DOESNT_WORK_DONT_KNOW_WHY
+%apply int {time_t }
+#endif /* DOESNT_WORK_DONT_KNOW_WHY */
+
+/* Convert the return values from the function to perl values */
+/* specifically, create a new perl scalar and store the int value there */
+%typemap(perl5, out) time_t {
+
+  $target = newSViv ((IV) *($source));
+  /* 
+   * An alternate way of writing this code would have been ...
+   *    $target = sv_newmortal ();
+   *    sv_setiv ($target, (IV) $source);
+   */
+  argvi ++;
+  // printf ("Info: converted return time_t secs to %d \n", (int) SvIV($target));
+}
+
+%typemap(perl5, in) time_t   *(time_t temp)  {
+  /* Convert function arguments from perl to the C represntation */
+  /* in particular, convert perl scalar into integer, then cast to time_t */
+  temp = (time_t) SvIV($source);
+  $target = &temp;
+  // printf ("Info: time_t input arg is %ld \n", * ($target));
+}
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#ifdef DOESNT_WORK_DONT_KNOW_WHY
+// well, this sort of works ... it does create an array,
+// but it doesn't seem to be an array of SplitPtr,
+// which is what we want if we are to have 
+//    foreach $split (@splits) {...}
+
+
+// Creates a new Perl array and places a Split ** into it
+%typemap(perl5,out) Split ** {
+    AV *myav;
+    SV **svs;
+    int i = 0,len = 0;
+
+    /* Figure out how many elements we have */
+    while ($source[len]) len++;
+    svs = (SV **) malloc(len*sizeof(SV *));
+    printf ("Info: measured Split array length of len=%d\n", len);
+
+    /* fill in array of scalar values */
+    for (i = 0; i < len ; i++) {
+        svs[i] = sv_newmortal();
+        sv_setref_pv (svs[i], "SplitPtr", $source[i]);
+    };
+
+    /* convert array of scalars into perl array */
+    myav =  av_make(len,svs);
+    free(svs);
+    // $target = myav;
+    $target = newRV((SV*)myav);
+    sv_2mortal($target);
+    argvi ++;
+}
+
+#endif /* DOESNT_WORK_DONT_KNOW_WHY */
diff --git a/src/pixmaps/.cvsignore b/src/pixmaps/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pixmaps/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/src/scm/.cvsignore b/src/scm/.cvsignore
index 5aa3915d21..9fcfff5e3d 100644
--- a/src/scm/.cvsignore
+++ b/src/scm/.cvsignore
@@ -1,7 +1,2 @@
 bootstrap.scm
 Makefile
-tmp
-obj
-*.diff
-*.diffs
-*.patch
diff --git a/src/scm/gnumeric/.cvsignore b/src/scm/gnumeric/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scm/gnumeric/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/src/scm/printing/.cvsignore b/src/scm/printing/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scm/printing/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/src/scm/qif-import/.cvsignore b/src/scm/qif-import/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scm/qif-import/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/src/scm/report/.cvsignore b/src/scm/report/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scm/report/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/src/scm/srfi/.cvsignore b/src/scm/srfi/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3c7a7c5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scm/srfi/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile