That light at the end of the tunnel?

[Eric S. Raymond]

David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com>:
> I realize that reverting the change would cause another regression.
> My suggestion is that the bisection of reposurgeon may be easier /
> faster and could help you pinpoint the root cause.  Then you could
> consider a different solution to the problem that you were trying to
> fix with the initial patch.  You could see explicitly how the
> reposurgeon patch fixes one problem and how it creates a different
> problem in Trunk.

Apologies for the belated reply.  I've been on semi-vacation at the
World Boardgaming Championships for the last week, working on NTPsec
stuff only.

Yes, if I were certain of the SVN revision at which conversion was last good,
I would do this. Since I'm not, and can't regress on two timelines at once,
I have to choose one.
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