Can I have the opinion of some y'all on the following:

I've noticed that files in /bin/ are pointing to /etc/alternatives/
(symbolic link) which then links to a file in /usr/bin/. Is this
something that is recommended? I thought that the files in /bin/ should
be able to run without /usr/ being available...

ls -l /bin/ | grep alter
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Jan 30 19:13 vi ->
/etc/alternatives/vi*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Jan 30 19:13 vim ->
/etc/alternatives/vim*

ls -l /etc/alternatives/vi*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Feb 10 23:13
/etc/alternatives/vi -> /usr/bin/vim-enhanced*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Feb  5 06:42
/etc/alternatives/vim -> /usr/bin/vim-enhanced*

Stefan

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