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Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>,
	Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org,
	"Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@tutopia.com>
Subject: Re: Alternatives to gcc (was Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become
 standard compiler?)
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Peter Ross wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> AFAIK you _need_ a C compiler to keep your system secure, to apply 
> security patches.
>
> E.g. http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:02.openssl.asc
>  
> ..
> make obj && make depend && make && make install
>   

Or more recently,
freebsd-update fetch && freebsd-update install

its really not needed if you are just following -RELEASE except of
course for ports.

Vince
> .. 
>
> Of course there are build-boxes etc. so you only need a compiler once. But 
> still, you need a box to compile it.
>
> Regards
> Peter
>
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Tim Kientzle wrote:
>
>