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   Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 12:39:20 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:
   $ stat -c '%N' /bin /sbin /usr '/bin' '/sbin' -> './bin' '/usr' -> '..'

   There, setup that isn't a clone of Bell Labs' PDP from ~1972 which had a full root filesystem.

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 12:49:03 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     • zardoz.el
     @zardoz03 Pretty much, while still working fine if I'd mount my disk on another computer.
     While if it would actually point to `/` then it should be wrong.
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     zardoz.el (zardoz03@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 12:49:04 JST zardoz.el

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     @lanodan wait so what does `/usr` point to, `/` ?

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2024 12:54:56 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     And I know that the popular way is in the style of /usr/bin -> /bin or /bin -> /usr/bin but imho it's just wrong as there's no reason to keep a separate hierarchy under /usr.