Tried rebuilding the repo, no joy.

<code>
cp Fossil.c6a9.fsl Fossil-d8ce.fsl
fossil-d8ceb4ad47 rebu Fossil-d8ce.fsl
3771 (100%)...
cd ..
mkdir foss2
cd foss2
fossil-d8ceb4ad47 open
fossil-d8ceb4ad47: near "(": syntax error
</code>

Time to go digging.