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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions doc/build-freebsd.md
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# FreeBSD Build Guide

**Updated for FreeBSD [15.0](https://www.freebsd.org/releases/15.0R/announce/)**
Bitcoin Core is supported on all [supported FreeBSD releases](https://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup).

This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on FreeBSD.
This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on the most recent production release.

## Preparation

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# NetBSD Build Guide

**Updated for NetBSD [10.1](https://netbsd.org/releases/formal-10/NetBSD-10.1.html)**
Bitcoin Core is supported on all [supported NetBSD releases](https://www.netbsd.org/releases/).

This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on NetBSD.
This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on the latest release.

## Preparation

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# OpenBSD Build Guide

**Updated for OpenBSD [7.8](https://www.openbsd.org/78.html)**
Bitcoin Core is supported on [the two most recent OpenBSD releases](https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Flavors).

This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on OpenBSD.
This guide describes how to build bitcoind, command-line utilities, and GUI on the latest release.

## Preparation

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#if defined(__linux__)
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
#include <osreldate.h>
#if __FreeBSD_version >= 1400000
// Workaround https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1070.
#define typeof __typeof
#include <netlink/netlink.h>
#include <netlink/netlink_route.h>
#endif
#elif defined(WIN32)
#include <iphlpapi.h>
#elif defined(__APPLE__)
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return std::nullopt;
}

// Linux and FreeBSD 14.0+. For FreeBSD 13.2 the code can be compiled but
// running it requires loading a special kernel module, otherwise socket(AF_NETLINK,...)
// will fail, so we skip that.
#if defined(__linux__) || (defined(__FreeBSD__) && __FreeBSD_version >= 1400000)
// Linux and FreeBSD.
#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)

// Good for responses containing ~ 10,000-15,000 routes.
static constexpr ssize_t NETLINK_MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE{1'048'576};
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