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On Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:57:57 -0400, doug wrote:

> My questions: Does/will pkgng work? Are 9.1 packages on the ISO images?
> I am in the progess of answering that one for myself but had some time
> on my hands during the download :)

Prebuilt packages are on the way apparently, but I have made my own 
repository anyway for the 600-odd packages which I and my users need - 
thus I compile from ports once only (all are 9.1-RELEASE x86_64).

It works well, and is not difficult.