working w/ local git repo branch of vendor support-code, "fossil rm" was silent, unfunctional when attempting to remove newly non-existent files. "fossil chan | grep ^MISSING" repeated indicated files were missing, "fossil rm", "fossil delete" would not remove them.

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kamloops$ fossil chan kamloops$ fossil ls |grep Smake Smakefile kamloops$ rm Smakefile kamloops$ fossil chan MISSING Smakefile kamloops$ fossil rm Smakefile DELETED Smakefile kamloops$ fossil chan MISSING Smakefile kamloops$ fossil version This is fossil version 1.30 [90e75800c1] 2014-09-10 11:22:21 UTC kamloops$ fossil rm Smakefile kamloops$ fossil rm Smakefile kamloops$ fossil rm Smakefile kamloops$ fossil chan MISSING Smakefile kamloops$ fossil ci missing file: Smakefile aborting due to prior errors kamloops$