diff --git build-support/ant/checkstyle.xml build-support/ant/checkstyle.xml
index 9ed82e4..273dfb7 100644
--- build-support/ant/checkstyle.xml
+++ build-support/ant/checkstyle.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
+
diff --git build-support/conf/rat-excludes.txt build-support/conf/rat-excludes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f943db8
--- /dev/null
+++ build-support/conf/rat-excludes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+build
+boolean.rcfile
+complex.rcfile
+numbers.rcfile
+numbers.txt
+nums.txt
+rat-excludes.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git build.xml build.xml
index ae8ca07..ff6b31a 100644
--- build.xml
+++ build.xml
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@
output="${basedir}/build/releaseaudit_report.txt">
-
-
+
+