diff --git a/plugins/.cvsignore b/plugins/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd37deb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Makefile Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+configure config.log config.cache config.guess config.status config.sub
+libtool ltconfig ltmain.sh
+.psrc .inslog2 tca.map tca.log
+*.rpt
+update update-autoconf
diff --git a/plugins/libwmfun/.cvsignore b/plugins/libwmfun/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34f1f901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/libwmfun/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Makefile Makefile.in
+*.lo *.la
+.libs
+.psrc .inslog2 tca.map tca.log
+*.rpt
diff --git a/plugins/update-autoconf b/plugins/update-autoconf
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5fbcf4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/update-autoconf
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This file is handy to update all the files generated by autoconf, automake 
+# and friends, quickly.
+#
+
+aclocal
+autoheader
+autoconf
+libtoolize --force --automake
+automake -a --gnu --include-deps