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+::
+:: Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+:: you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+:: You may obtain a copy of the License at
+::
+::     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+::
+:: Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+:: distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+:: WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+:: See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+:: limitations under the License.
+::
+
+SETLOCAL EnableDelayedExpansion
+
+SET URLFILE=libevent-%LIBEVENT_VERSION%-stable.tar.gz
+SET URL=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-%LIBEVENT_VERSION%-stable/%URLFILE%
+
+CD %WIN3P%                                       || EXIT /B
+appveyor DownloadFile %URL%                      || EXIT /B
+7z x %URLFILE% -so | 7z x -si -ttar > nul        || EXIT /B
+CD "libevent-%LIBEVENT_VERSION%-stable"          || EXIT /B
+nmake -f Makefile.nmake                          || EXIT /B
+mkdir lib                                        || EXIT /B
+move *.lib lib\                                  || EXIT /B
+move WIN32-Code\event2\* include\event2\         || EXIT /B
+move *.h include\                                || EXIT /B
+
+ENDLOCAL