On Jun 15, 2009, at 04:55, Wouter Eerdekens wrote:

While browsing my MacPorts tree in /opt/local, I found a lot of files
with an .mp_* extension.

[snip]

What are these? I can only
assume they're some kind of backup (made during an upgrade of a
certain port?)

[snip]

Are these files safe to delete blindly, and why are they there in the
first place?


When you use the -f flag to force a port install because some files were in the way, the files that were in the way get renamed with a .mp_* extension. You're probably safe deleting these files.

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