From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 6 14: 0: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from linus.highpoint.edu (linus.highpoint.edu [192.154.46.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0637137B405 for ; Sat, 6 Oct 2001 14:00:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from zhartley@localhost) by linus.highpoint.edu (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f96Kx2i30683 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 6 Oct 2001 16:59:02 -0400 Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 16:59:02 -0400 From: Zach Hartley To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new packages and ports Message-ID: <20011006165902.A27091@linus.highpoint.edu> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from edward_gess@hotmail.com on Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 10:21:12PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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