Default System Directory

I think the default systemDirectory property in app/Config/App.php should point to the vendor directory.
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Code:

$ cat app/Config/Paths.php | grep systemDirectory
    public string $systemDirectory = __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/codeigniter4/framework/system';

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