<hr><i>anonymous added on 2010-03-16 19:42:03:</i><br>
This version of fossil is the one in the Debian testing distribution. As with most Debian packages, it has some Debian-specific adaptations.

Naturally I should have reported into the Debian bug tracking system first, and I have done so now. The Debian bug report can be found at <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=574161">http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=574161</a>.

I'll keep an eye on both that and this bug report.