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 * Fixed #2623 - ZMQ_ROUTER: with ZMQ_ROUTER_MANDATORY, ZMQ_POLLOUT will now
                 now return true only if at least one pipe is ready for writing
 
+* Fixed #164 - EHOSTDOWN socket error assertion
+
 
 0MQ version 4.1.6 stable, released on 2016/11/01
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