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@@ -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