yes, that is the decision made by said distros in the best interest of working toward an easier but REMOTE recovery mechanism. Not something one would not want

yes, that is the decision made by said distros in the best interest of working toward an easier but REMOTE recovery mechanism. Not something one would not want to do in terms of increasing the overhead of remote (and thusly its general) system administration nor weaken the security stance of an overall host. It may look good to do such smushing of [/usr]/bin for the short term but the introduction of vastly more surface attack areas should give any serious security architects the pause.