@cks Yeah on my Gentoo machines all executables just go in /usr/bin, I tried /usr -> . at first as /usr is just legacy from AT&T machine running out of space but that causes a whole bunch of issues with existing packages.
Meanwhile I remember often having to add sbin in the PATH just so I could run fairly standard commands like ping.
Maybe if sbin was actually special like only accessible by root:wheel okay maybe it would make some sense but that's just not what it is.