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! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Zachary Todd Hartley "Attempted murder. Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?" --Sideshow Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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