On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 01:42:58PM +0300, Igor Vlasenko wrote:
> Tag: symlink-ends-with-slash
> Info: This symlink ends with a slash (/). This is in violation
>  of policy, where it is stated that symlinks should be as short as possible

По умолчанию симлинки на каталоги создаются со слешем на конце.
В этом есть смысл.

$ ln -s /etc foo
$ l foo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 at at 4 May  6 19:04 foo -> /etc/
$