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From:   Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
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Subject: Re: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust is not bisectable
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On Dez 18 2022, Askar Safin wrote:

> At some point that "bootstrap" word appeared, then at some point it
> disappeared again.

If you have more that one distinct range where the bad condition exists
then bisection will not work correctly.  Bisection assumes that there is
only one commit in the search space that introduces the bad condition.

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