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Subject: Re: can't upgrade - catch-22
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> Why don't you just manually remove Xorg and then install it with
> portinstall?
> ie. pkg_delete -f xorg\*
> 
> That'll remove all packages that start with the characters xorg.
> Install the newer version of Xorg then upgrade portupgrade, then upgrade the
> packages that depended on xorg.

Well, now that x is uninstalled, you still can't install it without
having already installed it... It still generates the 'can't set
default xbase' error.

Any recommendations now that X has been uninstalled?