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+- Issue #16836: Enable IPv6 support even if IPv6 is disabled on the build host.
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 - Issue #16593: Have BSD 'make -s' do the right thing, thanks to Daniel Shahaf
 
 - Issue #16262: fix out-of-src-tree builds, if mercurial is not installed.