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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-01-13 19:24:34 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-01-13 19:24:34 +0000 |
commit | 22db7f372768681aabbdc6b2b80a5c7febd477f3 (patch) | |
tree | 4a74639585fe51f6488cd60a4a3cb335abf6502f /release/doc | |
parent | bacf1b1e1015798565b488ed12989c5ff2644fa4 (diff) | |
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MFR500: Updates for GCC version number, update 4.8-RELEASE scheduled
release date, update Perl removal text.
Reminded by: keramida
Diffstat (limited to 'release/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter/article.sgml | 20 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter/article.sgml index 49dd7c6..a0d599a 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/early-adopter/article.sgml @@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>GCC: The compiler toolchain is now based on a GCC - 3.2.1 pre-release snapshot, rather than GCC + <para>GCC: The compiler toolchain is now based on GCC + 3.2.1, rather than GCC 2.95.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.</para> </listitem> @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ <para>The release of &os; 5.0 does not mean the end of the 4-STABLE branch. There will be at least one more release on this branch, namely 4.8-RELEASE, currently scheduled for 1 - February 2003.</para> + March 2003.</para> <para>As of this writing, the release engineering team has no definite plans for future releases (past 4.8) on the 4-STABLE @@ -391,21 +391,15 @@ <title>Common Notes</title> <para><application>Perl</application> has been removed from the - base system. The recommended way of installing Perl is either + base system, and should be installed either from a pre-built package or from the Ports Collection. Building Perl as a part of the base system created a number of difficulties which made updates problematic. The base system utilities that used Perl have either been rewritten (if still applicable) or discarded (if - obsolete).</para> - - <para>Some scripts expect to find a Perl interpreter at - <filename>/usr/bin/perl</filename>. The - <filename>use.perl</filename> command, a part of the Perl - port, can be used to create an appropriate set of symbolic - links for them. In particular, <command>use.perl - port</command> will generally set things up as - expected.</para> + obsolete). &man.sysinstall.8; will now install the + Perl package as a part of most distribution sets, so most + users will not notice this change.</para> <para>It is generally possible to run old 4.<replaceable>X</replaceable> executables under |