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[Peter Schuller]

> i would like to know when will FreeBSD crew update packages.. for example: flashplugin for mozilla is still version 4, linux allready has 6; mozilla 1.4b is beta?? there is gnome 2.4 out.. getta move on guys...

Sounds like you want to keep and up-to-date ports collection:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html

The easiest way is probably the cvsup method, if you wish to always have
access to the latest ports with a minimum of fuss. Combine that with
"portupgrade -arP" and you have a pretty efficient mechanism of upgrading
all your packages.

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