diff --git a/ompi/mca/mtl/portals/.ompi_ignore b/ompi/mca/mtl/portals/.ompi_ignore
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diff --git a/ompi/mca/mtl/portals/.ompi_unignore b/ompi/mca/mtl/portals/.ompi_unignore
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-brbarret
-bbarrett
-gshipman
-rbbrigh