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Filesystem

Deprecations

  • No /boot/efi
  • No /etc/mtab; succeeded by /proc/mounts
  • No /lib32; pure 64-bit system
  • No /lib64; pure 64-bit system
  • No /run/shm; succeeded by /dev/shm
  • No /run/tmp; only useful for embedded systems on Debian
  • No /usr/com; succeeded by /var/lib
  • No /var/db; a BSD relic that was succeeded by /var/lib
  • /bin as a symlink to /usr/bin
  • /lib as a symlink to /usr/lib
  • /sbin as a symlink to /usr/bin
  • /usr/libexec as a symlink to /usr/lib
  • /usr/sbin as a symlink to /usr/bin
  • /usr/share/pkgconfig as a symlink to /usr/lib/pkgconfig
  • /var/lock as a symlink to /run/lock
  • /var/run as a symlink to /run
  • /var/spool/mail as a symlink to /var/mail
  • Sticky bit (1777) is set on /dev/shm, /tmp and /var/tmp (and /var/mail?)

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