diff -u -r1.35 sdist.py
--- distutils/command/sdist.py	2000/06/24 01:23:37	1.35
+++ distutils/command/sdist.py	2000/06/28 09:31:53
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@
             if template_exists:
                 self.read_template ()
 
-            # Prune away the build and source distribution directories
+            # Prune away the build and source distribution directories and
+            # 'CVS' files and directories
             self.prune_file_list()
 
             # File list now complete -- sort it so that higher-level files
@@ -510,14 +511,19 @@
     def prune_file_list (self):
         """Prune off branches that might slip into the file list as created
         by 'read_template()', but really don't belong there: specifically,
-        the build tree (typically "build") and the release tree itself
-        (only an issue if we ran "sdist" previously with --keep-tree, or it
-        aborted).
+        the build tree (typically "build"), the release tree itself (only an
+        issue if we ran "sdist" previously with --keep-tree, or it aborted),
+        and 'CVS' directories.
         """
         build = self.get_finalized_command('build')
         base_dir = self.distribution.get_fullname()
         self.exclude_pattern (self.files, None, prefix=build.build_base)
         self.exclude_pattern (self.files, None, prefix=base_dir)
+        # I couldn't make a self.exclude_pattern() call to do this, I should
+        # stop working on stuff at 5 in the morning
+        for counter in xrange (len (self.files) - 1, -1, -1):
+            if string.find (self.files[counter], 'CVS') != -1:
+                del self.files[counter]
 
 
     def select_pattern (self, files, pattern, anchor=1, prefix=None):