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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+Got the report in the past days that failed to build across all platforms. Looked today:
+
+```
+[274 of 679] Compiling CmdLine.Usage ( CmdLine/Usage.hs, dist/build/git-annex/git-annex-tmp/CmdLine/Usage.o )
+
+CmdLine/Usage.hs:63:1: error:
+ Duplicate type signatures for `paramRemote'
+ at CmdLine/Usage.hs:61:1-11
+ CmdLine/Usage.hs:63:1-11
+ |
+63 | paramRemote :: String
+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+CmdLine/Usage.hs:64:1: error:
+ Multiple declarations of `paramRemote'
+ Declared at: CmdLine/Usage.hs:62:1
+ CmdLine/Usage.hs:64:1
+ |
+64 | paramRemote = "REPOSITORY"
+ | ^^^^^^^^^^^
+```
+
+on Debian, didn't check if other systems are anyhow different, will bounce report with pointers just in case.