On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:02:38AM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Scott Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> >     There was a suggestion on the web indicating that binutils is
> > the problem and that that should be updated.  However, I do not know the
> > proper way to go about updating binutils.  Can someone please tell me
> > how to do it or point me to a resource that does?
> 
> NOTE I haven't tried to understand all of your two posts.
> 
> The easiest solution is probably to update FreeBSD 4.X using the
> official ways described in the handbook, I'd suggest using 4.11, as 4.10
> is about to be discontinued, and kernel and base system security fixes
> are only provided for 4.10 and 4.11 at this time.
> 
> The ports tree has been requiring FreeBSD 4.8 at a minimum for a very
> long time now, and I'd expect that even that it requires 4.11 soon
> enough.
> 
Or even better, upgrade to 6.x which is the current supported system.
For those still on 4.x, please see
http://www.freebsd.org/portmgr/policies_releng_4.html

-erwin

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