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MFR500: Updates for GCC version number, update 4.8-RELEASE scheduled

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release date, update Perl removal text.

Reminded by:	keramida
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Bruce A. Mah 2003-01-13 19:24:34 +00:00
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</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>
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<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
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<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