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| author | Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz> | 2026-09-17 19:19:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz> | 2026-09-17 19:19:56 +0200 |
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docs: correct the claim about counting a symlinked directory
GNU ls follows a symlink to a directory with or without a trailing slash, so
both forms count the packages correctly. Only -d lists the link itself.
The original claim came from a count taken where the path did not resolve at
all, and it reached the spec, the plan and two commit messages. The count was
always right; the reason given for it was not, and a comment that teaches the
next reader something false is worse than no comment.
Records the real trap in its place: ls aliased to a long format counts its
"total" header as a package.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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diff --git a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-17-network-slackware-widgets-design.md b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-17-network-slackware-widgets-design.md index e295c35..2cea1c0 100644 --- a/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-17-network-slackware-widgets-design.md +++ b/docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-17-network-slackware-widgets-design.md @@ -48,11 +48,13 @@ Observed values at design time, for sanity-checking an implementation: 2817 packages, `Slackware 15.0+`, kernel 6.18.50, board `Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.` + `X870 EAGLE WIFI7`, CPU `AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor`. -**`/var/log/packages` is a symlink.** `ls -1 /var/log/packages | wc -l` returns -**1**: it lists the link itself. The trailing slash in -`ls -1 /var/log/packages/` is load-bearing and must not be removed as -cosmetic. This was caught only because the count was checked against a known -value. +**`/var/log/packages` is a symlink** to `/var/lib/pkgtools/packages`. GNU `ls` +follows it with or without a trailing slash, so both forms count correctly; +`ls -1d` is what would report one entry, by listing the link itself. An earlier +draft of this document claimed the slash was load-bearing, from a count taken +in an environment where the path did not resolve at all. The count is still +verified against a known-good value, because it is the kind of number that +looks plausible while being wrong. **`br0` is a bridge, so its counters are not internet throughput.** Traffic between VMs and the host crosses it without reaching the router, so a local |