That warning not to mix ports/packages only applies in some instances. The portmaster command I quote has only one drawback -- past packages in /usr/ports/packages/portmaster-download/ -- which I just fixed on one machine by putting in a deletion line in a .zsh I run on each startup. For instance, if you were using a server with php... your extensions might misconfigure (conjecture, from what I read on the freebsd-questions list.
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