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Re: /usr/lib/X11 vs. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11



> These 2 directories (/usr/lib/X11 and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11) seems to me an exact 
> copy of each other. I could not find any link between them.
> Can I rm --force --recursive --verbose /usr/lib/X11 ?
> And if not, why ?

jessica:~> ls -l /usr/lib/X11
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           16 Aug 25 13:46 /usr/lib/X11 ->
../X11R6/lib/X11

So, this is not a duplicate, but a historic compatibility symlink
/usr/lib/X11 -> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11


Do not remoe it :)

Alex Y.
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