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+[
+{ type: install
+ message: <<EOM
+Edit /etc/rc.conf[.local] to start OpenVPN automatically at system
+startup. See %%PREFIX%%/etc/rc.d/openvpn for details.
+
+Connect to VPN server as a client with this command to include
+the client.up/down scripts in the initialization:
+openvpn-client <spec>.ovpn
+
+For compatibility notes when interoperating with older OpenVPN
+versions, please see <http://openvpn.net/relnotes.html>
+
+Note that OpenVPN does not officially support LibreSSL.
+
+Note that OpenVPN configures a separate user and group "openvpn",
+which should be used instead of the NFS user "nobody"
+when an unprivileged user account is desired.
+
+You may want to add user openvpn and group openvpn when creating your
+configuration files, the example configuration shows this only as comments.
+EOM
+}
+{ type: upgrade
+ message: <<EOM
+Note that OpenVPN now configures a separate user and group "openvpn",
+which should be used instead of the NFS user "nobody"
+when an unprivileged user account is desired.
+
+It is advisable to review existing configuration files and
+to consider adding/changing user openvpn and group openvpn.
+EOM
+}
+]