Greg Wooledge composed on 2024-12-03 07:15 (UTC-0500):
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 12:01:15 +0100, pocket wrote:
>> [alarm@alarm ~]$ ls -l /
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Nov 25 19:15 bin -> usr/bin
>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 31 1969 boot
>> drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 3980 Dec 2 10:38 dev
>> drwxr-xr-x 52 root root 4096 Dec 2 20:58 etc
>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 19 03:43 home
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Nov 25 19:15 lib -> usr/lib
>> drwx------ 2 root root 16384 May 15 2024 lost+found
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 14 12:01 mnt
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 7 2024 opt
>> dr-xr-xr-x 247 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 proc
>> drwxr-x--- 6 root root 4096 Dec 2 13:06 root
>> drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 640 Dec 2 10:38 run
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Nov 25 19:15 sbin -> usr/bin
>> drwxr-xr-x 36 root alarm 4096 Nov 29 12:42 srv
>> dr-xr-xr-x 12 root root 0 Dec 31 1969 sys
>> drwxrwxrwt 13 root root 260 Dec 3 00:00 tmp
>> drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Dec 2 20:58 usr
>> drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Nov 30 17:21 var
>> Notice sbin is a symlink to /usr/bin
> That's not how Debian 12 has it.
> hobbit:~$ ls -ld /sbin /bin
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Feb 17 2024 /bin -> usr/bin/
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Feb 17 2024 /sbin -> usr/sbin/
> If Trixie has done an "sbin merge", it's news to me.
Bookworm looks to be one of the last of the Mohicans:
# grep RETT /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid"
# ls -gGh /
total 186K
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Oct 16 2022 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 5.0K Dec 2 18:29 boot
drwxr-xr-x 18 3.8K Dec 3 09:25 dev
drwxr-xr-x 110 10K Dec 2 18:28 etc
drwxr-xr-x 14 4.0K Dec 1 20:35 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 29 Dec 2 18:28 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-6.11.10-amd64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 29 Dec 2 18:28 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-6.10.12-amd64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Oct 16 2022 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 9 Oct 16 2022 lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwx------ 2 12K Jun 24 2018 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 4 1.0K Feb 13 2020 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Jun 24 2018 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 3 1.0K Jun 24 2018 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 246 0 Dec 3 04:25 proc
drwx------ 17 5.0K Dec 3 09:26 root
drwxr-xr-x 22 680 Dec 3 09:25 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 8 Oct 16 2022 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Jun 24 2018 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 0 Dec 3 04:25 sys
drwxrwxrwt 9 180 Dec 3 09:26 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 12 1.0K Sep 21 2023 usr
drwxr-xr-x 11 1.0K Dec 16 2023 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 26 Dec 2 18:28 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-6.11.10-amd64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 26 Dec 2 18:28 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-6.10.12-amd64
#
# grep RETT /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS"
# ls -gGh /
total 187K
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Dec 8 2023 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Feb 26 2024 bin.usr-is-merged
drwxrwxr-x 4 3.0K Dec 2 22:28 boot
drwxr-xr-x 18 4.7K Dec 3 09:34 dev
drwxr-xr-x 125 9.0K Dec 2 22:26 etc
drwxr-xr-x 14 4.0K Dec 1 20:35 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 32 Dec 2 22:26 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-49-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 32 Dec 2 22:26 initrd.img.old ->
boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-45-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Jan 22 2019 kicc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Dec 8 2023 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 9 Dec 8 2023 lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Feb 26 2024 lib.usr-is-merged
drwx------ 2 12K Jun 25 2018 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Jun 26 2018 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Jun 26 2018 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 3 1.0K Jun 26 2018 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 260 0 Dec 3 04:34 proc
drwxrwxr-x 6 136K Dec 2 22:31 pub
drwx------ 19 4.0K Dec 3 09:35 root
drwxr-xr-x 22 740 Dec 3 09:35 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 8 Dec 8 2023 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Feb 2 2024 sbin.usr-is-merged
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Jun 26 2018 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 0 Dec 3 04:34 sys
drwxrwxrwt 8 1.0K Dec 3 09:34 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 12 1.0K Dec 8 2023 usr
drwxr-xr-x 11 1.0K Mar 20 2024 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 29 Dec 2 22:26 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-49-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 29 Dec 2 22:26 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-45-generic
#
# grep RETT /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="KDE neon 6.2"
root@ab250:~# ls -gGh /
total 187K
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Jun 2 2024 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Mar 31 2024 bin.usr-is-merged
drwxrwxr-x 3 1.0K Oct 10 15:11 boot
drwxr-xr-x 19 4.7K Dec 3 09:37 dev
drwxr-xr-x 135 10K Dec 2 19:01 etc
drwxr-xr-x 14 4.0K Dec 1 20:35 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 32 Oct 10 15:09 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-45-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 32 Oct 10 15:09 initrd.img.old ->
boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-38-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Jan 22 2019 kicc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Jun 2 2024 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 9 Jun 2 2024 lib32 -> usr/lib32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 9 Jun 2 2024 lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Apr 7 2024 lib.usr-is-merged
lrwxrwxrwx 1 10 Jun 2 2024 libx32 -> usr/libx32
drwx------ 2 12K Jun 25 2018 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Jun 26 2018 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Jun 26 2018 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 3 1.0K Jun 26 2018 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 259 0 Dec 3 04:37 proc
drwx------ 18 4.0K Dec 3 09:37 root
drwxr-xr-x 27 880 Dec 3 09:37 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 8 Jun 2 2024 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Aug 20 2022 sbin.usr-is-merged
drwxr-xr-x 2 1.0K Jun 26 2018 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 0 Dec 3 04:37 sys
drwxrwxrwt 8 1.0K Dec 3 09:37 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 14 1.0K Jun 2 2024 usr
drwxr-xr-x 11 1.0K Jul 22 20:45 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 29 Oct 10 15:09 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-45-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 29 Oct 10 15:09 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-38-generic
drwx------ 2 1.0K Oct 10 17:51 x-large
#
# grep RETT /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE Tumbleweed"
# ls -gGh /
total 236K
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Sep 25 15:10 bin -> usr/bin
dr-xr-xr-x 4 16K Dec 2 03:00 boot
drwxr-xr-x 17 4.5K Dec 3 09:39 dev
drwxr-xr-x 102 12K Dec 2 03:03 etc
drwxr-xr-x 14 4.0K Dec 1 20:35 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Sep 25 15:10 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 9 Sep 25 15:10 lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwx------ 2 16K Jun 20 2018 lost+found
dr-xr-xr-x 2 4.0K Jun 21 2018 mnt
dr-xr-xr-x 3 4.0K Jun 9 2021 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 224 0 Dec 3 04:39 proc
drwxrwxr-x 6 136K Dec 2 22:31 pub
drwx------ 21 12K Dec 2 03:18 root
drwxr-xr-x 28 660 Dec 3 09:39 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 8 Sep 25 15:10 sbin -> usr/sbin
dr-xr-xr-x 3 4.0K Jun 9 2021 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 0 Dec 3 04:39 sys
drwxrwxrwt 10 200 Dec 3 09:39 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 13 4.0K Sep 25 15:10 usr
drwxr-xr-x 10 4.0K Oct 23 20:06 var
#
# grep RETT /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Fedora Linux 39 (Thirty Nine)"
# ls -gGh /
total 202K
dr-xr-xr-x 2 2.0K Jul 20 2023 afs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Jul 20 2023 bin -> usr/bin
dr-xr-xr-x 5 6.0K Oct 30 19:14 boot
drwxr-xr-x 20 4.4K Dec 3 09:41 dev
drwxr-xr-x 111 10K Oct 30 19:12 etc
drwxr-xr-x 14 4.0K Dec 1 20:35 home
lrwxrwxrwx 1 7 Jul 20 2023 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 9 Jul 20 2023 lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwx------ 2 16K Jan 21 2020 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 2.0K Jul 20 2023 media
drwxr-xr-x 2 2.0K Jul 20 2023 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 3 2.0K Jul 20 2023 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 224 0 Dec 3 04:41 proc
dr-xr-x--- 18 6.0K Dec 3 09:41 root
drwxr-xr-x 26 760 Dec 3 09:41 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 8 Jul 20 2023 sbin -> usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 2.0K Jul 20 2023 srv
dr-xr-xr-x 13 0 Dec 3 04:41 sys
drwxrwxrwt 11 220 Dec 3 09:41 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 12 2.0K Sep 20 2023 usr
drwxr-xr-x 18 2.0K Sep 20 2023 var
#
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