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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
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Subject: Re: devel/libevent shopstopper
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 18:14:56 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2017-02-20, Jim Ohlstein <jim@ohlste.in> wrote:

> Yup, it's a big one. That's why there's an entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING:
>
> 20170220:
>    AFFECTS: devel/libevent2
>    AUTHOR: jbeich@FreeBSD.org
>
>    libevent2 has been renamed back to libevent as the default version.
>    If you manage out of tree ports make sure to run the following:
>
>      # pkg set -n libevent2:libevent
>      # pkg set -o devel/libevent2:devel/libevent

The "If you manage out of tree ports" part is very confusing.
Either it is plain wrong or I don't understand what it means.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de