mergemaster woes at STABLE

[Chris H]

On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:38:05 +0100 Michael Grimm <trashcan at odo.in-berlin.de>
wrote

> Hi,
> 
> starting a couple of weeks ago, I do see mergemaster complaining after
> "mergemaster -iFU": 
>
>     stat: ./have: stat: No such file or directory
>     /usr/sbin/mergemaster: arithmetic expression: expecting primary: " ~18 &
> 4095 &          "
>     install: invalid file mode: ./have
>     *** FATAL ERROR: Unable to install ./have to /
> 
> This is on two different servers running 10.2-STABLE (r293911). I couldn't
> find similar reports at google, but I might have missend something.
> 
> Any idea where to look for?
Just a hunch; but looks like an unterminated quote --
", or ' without the closing ", or '

--Chris
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> Michael
>