[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Nephatiu:
Places,... :p Here for one example, but not the only place I've seen it mentioned.

Yeah, that's why I prefer a symlink, you can update the targetfile and everything is updated. In this case '/system/xbin/su'. :p

Yeah, I've encountered that problem on the first day of my first 64bit Windows installation, and I think that was the only day I ever had a x64 Windows installed in my life. :p I know eventually I'll have to change, but as long as I can do with 32 bits, I do not see the need for losing 16bit-compatibility. :p

Yeah, I followed others, indeed, although the whole process is an entirely personal combination of other people's ways, the 'su' symlink was a straight copy. If I remember correctly, I think the reason I found and added it to my rooting process was the fact that I had a Samsung Gio that always kept unrooting itself without any obvious reason,... It made me go search for all things I could've done, and didn't, to see if they helped, and in that mindset I added things I found to the process. That would probably be one of those things I added, just noticing it was "better", not really why. ;p Plus I always liked extra safety's in mods I make... I'm the weirdo that ads a third 'else' to an 'if/then' of 2 possibilities, giving texts like "Something went horribly wrong here!" And even though those sound pointless, they do help you find mistakes, since you can then search for that particular string of text in your code. :D

So again, I'm not going to stop doing it,... It's a safety net on a side where you shouldn't be able to fall, and that's the way I like it. ;p Everything covered, even the impossible. ;)

Yeah, well, the symlink, or the extra su never bothered anyone either,... ;p

I know, I have quite a few, and I always make it xbin + bin-symlink after all working devices, since it was one of those sbin-phones that kept losing root. :p

Are you suggesting I don't experiment and only read? Because you couldn't be further from the truth. I only read when I get stuck, like I said when I was loosing root on my Gio, at some point I got curious as to what it is, since I couldn't find it myself... I even hacked my Kindle Fire HD7 myself, never had to even look anything up, changed launcher and wallpaper and then laughed when I encountered the first apps that did it for you... So trust me, although I just started using XDA actively, I'm no noob, nor am I some sort of theory-nerd. If anything I try to proof theories wrong. I just went and looked this up just now because I got actually intrigued by the lack of being able to give an answer to your question: why 2 'su's...

Sad, but true.

I think I mentioned that somewhere as well, so we agree there. :p

Yeah, but there are 2 Superuser apps named "SuperUser". One is by ChainsDD, which is the one you usually get when rooting. It's also the buggy one. The other one is CWM's version, and I did not get any bugs out of that one yet. It's the one that's build in CM ROMs. The latter is also the one I installed in my Root.fs with the symlink. CWM's SuperUser app also has individual app notification settings, which ChainsDD's app lacks, iirc.

Grtz,

~ Nephatiu