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Re: /usr/bin/x11 symlink to /usr/bin/X11?

dummy@example.com (dxrobertson) — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:36:09 +0000

Now I see. I can use /usr/bin/X11/xvinfo, for example. Yes, seems there once was an actual /usr/bin/X11 directory. Just dont try to navigate into it.

I never noticed a link pointing in this particular configuration before, makes perfect sense now.

Re: /usr/bin/x11 symlink to /usr/bin/X11?

dummy@example.com (emanym) — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 22:06:27 +0000

I'm guessing X11-related binaries where in a /usr/bin/X11 or /usr/bin/X11R6 directory originally? Any old script or program might still expect to find something there...

According to my x11-common changelog:

xorg (6.8.2-34) breezy; urgency=low
 ...
 * Move Xorg symlink from /usr/bin/X11 to /usr/bin, as the former is becoming
    a symlink to the latter with the new x-common.  Ditto X symlink.
 ...
 -- Daniel Stone   Mon, 27 Jun 2005 19:10:24 +1000

Took me a while to find that one too, there are many symlinks mentioned in those changelogs ;-)

Re: /usr/bin/x11 symlink to /usr/bin/X11?

dummy@example.com (fsmithred) — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 11:03:43 +0000

I don't know the answer, but I've seen similar recursive symlinks in various locations and various distributions over the years.

/usr/bin/x11 symlink to /usr/bin/X11?

dummy@example.com (dxrobertson) — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 21:45:49 +0000

Is there a reason for this symlink, that points to itself? Seems odd to me, an easy way for code to get stuck in a recursive infinite loop.

dxrobertson@dxr-acer:/usr/bin$ ls -l -a | grep X11
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root           1 May  3  2017 X11 -> .

dxrobertson@dxr-acer:/usr/bin$ 
dxrobertson@dxr-acer:/usr/bin$ cd X11
dxrobertson@dxr-acer:/usr/bin/X11$ cd X11
dxrobertson@dxr-acer:/usr/bin/X11/X11$ cd X11
dxrobertson@dxr-acer:/usr/bin/X11/X11/X11$

I noticed it doing a search in files using kde kate. It became stuck in a recursive search inside /usr/bin/X11. Seems kate is programmed to handle such a situation because it eventually quit and left that directory search and continued on.