Here are some more files that should be marked as binary in CVS. (martin＠lasker) ws/dev/nt/installer/Wise $ cvs-rw admin -kb gnu.bmp RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/nt/installer/Wise/Attic/gnu.bmp,v done (martin＠lasker) ws/dev/nt/installer/Wise $ cvs-rw admin -kb xemacs-beta.bmp RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/nt/installer/Wise/Attic/xemacs-beta.bmp,v done With this, all the *.ico and *.bmp files in CVS are marked as binary. You probably won't notice any difference, unless you are a developer who plans to modify these files sometime in the future. In that case, I recommend starting over with a fresh copy of the `nt' directory in your CVS checked-out workspace as follows: # Make sure you have no files modified in nt first rm -rf nt; cvs update -d Martin