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> Okay, please walk me through this one, since I can't afford to screw it up.
The server is on the other side of
> the planet, so reinstalling from an iso is impractical. How do I fetch the
base files?

Hi Rachel,

I'm not 100% sure but I think you need to login to a FreeBSD FTP mirror,
download a recent GCC binary from the installation files and put it in place of
the old one. Maybe someone can confirm?

HTH,
Matt