diff --git a/CVSROOT/avail b/CVSROOT/avail
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7271b0c60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CVSROOT/avail
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+unavail
+avail|judas_iscariote|Shorewall-docs
+avail|judas_iscariote|Shorewall-docs2
+avail|judas_iscariote|Shorewall-docsN
+avail|teastep
+avail|paulgear
diff --git a/CVSROOT/checkoutlist b/CVSROOT/checkoutlist
index b04b3501f..5719ec3d9 100644
--- a/CVSROOT/checkoutlist
+++ b/CVSROOT/checkoutlist
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 #	[<whitespace>]<filename><whitespace><error message><end-of-line>
 #
 # comment lines begin with '#'
+avail