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Date:      Sat, 6 Oct 2001 16:59:02 -0400
From:      Zach Hartley <zhartley@linus.highpoint.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: new packages and ports
Message-ID:  <20011006165902.A27091@linus.highpoint.edu>
In-Reply-To: <OE23ogkJXrRjbDt3Hvo00009d7a@hotmail.com>; from edward_gess@hotmail.com on Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 10:21:12PM %2B0200
References:  <OE23ogkJXrRjbDt3Hvo00009d7a@hotmail.com>

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Sorry I'm not actually addressing your question, but do you really need to
upgrade gcc or perl? While I understand that they might be lagging a bit in
terms of versions numbers, both work their present state pretty well. What
kind of tasks are you talking about?

Zach

Around Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 10:21:12PM +0200, Edward Gess said something to the effect of:
>         Hello dear helper!
>     First of all, thank you for reading my message. I have some questions
> for you.
>     I very like FreeBSD, but I think that there is not enough flexibility of
> choosing
>     installation data. I am not a simple dummy user, I even have written my
> tiny kernel,
>     but due to my age (17) now I have to finish my school, read a lot of
> books not
>     linked with computers at all!, etc., etc... In a word I need an OS with
> which I could
>     complete my tasks. I  think that FreeBSD is the best choice!
>         OK. Now the question itself: I would like to replace installed perl,
> GCC, etc. ...
>     But, how you know, all these programs are installed as the base system,
>     so how I could update them, should I simply replace them by newer
> ones???
>     And one more, what do you think about my english? I guess you've noticed
>     that I am not from England or America? I am from Lithuania, but I am not
>     Lithuanian, I am German, I only live here...
> 
>     Thanks for all!
> 
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