--- a/tests/test-convert-cvs-synthetic	Mon May 11 00:16:49 2009 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-convert-cvs-synthetic	Mon May 11 23:42:03 2009 +0200
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 echo % create cvs repository with one project
 mkdir cvsrepo
 cd cvsrepo
-export CVSROOT=`pwd`
-export CVS_OPTIONS=-f
+CVSROOT=`pwd`
+export CVSROOT
+CVS_OPTIONS=-f
+export CVS_OPTIONS
 cd ..
 
 filterpath()