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Gerald Pfeifer writes:

>  If you want to use GCC on FreeBSD, I recommend to go for
>  lang/gcc45 (short: gcc45).  I do not know what caused the
>  installation of gcc44 on your system, but gcc45 should be
>  strictly preferrable and not needed by anything else.

	Root question: is there any program that has a specific
requirement for gcc44 - i,e, one that cannot be satisfied by gcc43
or gcc45?  


					Robert Huff