"rm -rf /" fanclub

[Chris Rees]

On 6 March 2012 20:38,  <deeptech71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Peter Maloney wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:41 PM, deeptech71 at gmail.com
>> <deeptech71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > X11R6 should be a symlink to local or ./local.
>>
>> Did you test this, by removing the link and creating it
>> relative to see if there are any stupid side effects?
>
> No apparent side effects. And I can't even see why there would be any. In
> both cases (X11R6 points to "/usr/local" vs X11R6 points to "local")
> - "/usr/X11R6" resolves to the symlink, although
>    different symlink texts can be extracted;
> - "/usr/X11R6/" resolves to the "local" directory in "/usr";
> - "/usr/X11R6/file123" resolves to "/usr/local/file123".
>
> TODO: Test whether purely removing X11R6 has any side effects.

Not hugely helpful, but I've discovered a few subtle bugs that
miraculously disappear when X11R6 symlink was removed.

I still miss it though, in a weird way...

Chris