Wrong permissions after 10.5.3 update

When I do permissions repair after the 10.5.3 update I get a number of persisting errors (I include the log below). Anybody else seen that? Is there a way to fix those?
Thomas
The Disk Utility Log:
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
Reading permissions database.
Reading the permissions database can take several minutes.
Permissions differ on "usr/lib/libruby.1.dylib", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/update_prebinding", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/lib/libproc.dylib", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/libexec/cups/filter/rastertodymo", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Printers/Libraries/convert", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/CoreServices/dotmacsyncclient", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/testrb", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/ruby", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/ri", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/rdoc", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/irb", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/erb", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/pydoc", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/newaliases", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/mailq", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/bin/ldapadd", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "System/Library/Frameworks/Automator.framework/Frameworks/MediaBrowser.framewor k/Versions/A/MediaBrowser", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "Library/Printers/EPSON/LaserPrinter/GD2/filter/pdftoescpage", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/X11/lib/libGLU.1.3.dylib", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions differ on "usr/X11/lib/libGL.1.2.dylib", should be lrwxr-xr-x , they are -rwxr-xr-x .
Permissions repair complete

You are absolutely correct. I got it backwards.
I checked on my machine
[16:15 root@mpro] ls -al /usr/bin/ruby
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 76 Feb 27 22:23 /usr/bin/ruby -> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/Current/usr/bin/ruby
This is the actual binary:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 38304 Dec 6 2007 ruby
As you can see, 'ruby' appears to be from a pristine installation. (just looking at the date).
Maybe the original poster has installed some additional development packages from Apples Dev Site.
Message was edited by: pmau
Fixed attribution to point to the original poster. Sorry.

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