> If you're installing an updated version of something, presumably
> you'd also remove the old versions in /usr/{bin,sbin}, yes?

No.  If it's set-id and I have reason to think it's a security risk,
I'd remove the set-id bits, or possibly chmod it to 0, but that's as
far as I'd go.

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