Hi Kay, The official MacFUSE project is dead. There have been several attempts by various people or companies to provide newer unofficial versions of MacFUSE which fix various bugs. The most popular build of these (at least on this mailing list) is Tuxera's MacFUSE 2.2.0/1 which "works" on OS X 10.5 through 10.7. You won't be able to install these unofficial versions through the original MacFUSE's update mechanism. There are some known bugs:
(1) If you mount a filesystem without the allow_others option you might run into problems with Finder. Copying or Moving files might not work due to a permission issue. This could be considered a bug in Lion. In any case we need to work around it. (2) Under rare conditions there seems to be a deadlock when running a 64 bit kernel (default under Lion) which leads to the filesystem being unmounted. This particularly happens with EncFS, if you move lots of files. Bryan's version fixes these issues but he has not released the source yet. Nobody had a chance to look at his patch. OSXFUSE aims to be the new MacFUSE. It is compatible with MacFUSE filesystems and can be considered a drop-in replacement. The newest version of OSXFUSE is 2.3.1. Most of its code is identical to Tuxera's MacFSUE 2.2.0/1 release and it suffers from the same issues listed above. At least issue (1) will be fixed in the next update. OSXFUSE is in beta phase at the moment. To complete the picture: There is also Fuse4X which aims to be very close to the Linux version of FUSE but requires MacFUSE filesystems to be recompiled in order to work. Regards, Benjamin Am 17.08.2011 um 12:30 schrieb offroadbiker: > Where's the diference between MacFuse and OSXFUSE? > Is OSXFUSE the new MacFuse? > > And how can I be sure that I always get the latest version? > Cause in main settings (OSX 10.6.8) I see "installed version 2.1.9 > (beta)" and "Update Available 2.1.5"! :O > > Should I install now Bryan's MacFUSE 2.2.2 or OSXFUSE 2.3.0? > I'm really confused what to do. :( > > By the side I wanna update to OSX Lion - does MacFuse/OSXFUSE work > with Lion? > > Sorry 4 my questions but I'm no developer and no native english > speaker. > > Greets from Germany! > > > On 13 Aug., 20:02, Benjamin Fleischer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Bryan, don't you think it would be more helpful if you released the source >> of your build? This way your patch could be integrated into MacFUSE >> (Tuxera)/OSXFUSE/Fuse4X. >> >> Tuxera's MacFUSE has a working update machanism as has OSXFUSE. I don't know >> about Fuse4X. Having additional builds does not help at all. Nobody can keep >> track of them. Just my two cents. >> >> Regards, >> Benjamin >> >> Am 13.08.2011 um 19:25 schrieb Joe Auty: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> I'm really confused with how osxfuse, fuse4x, and macfuse now intersect... >>> I thought with the last tuxera build of MacFuse that it was officially >>> abandoned? >> >>> On Aug 13, 2011, at 11:39 AM, Bryan Pham <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> Hey guys, >> >>>> This version fixes >> >>>> 1) Under heavy i/o macfuse force unmount on 64-bit kernel. >>>> 2) On Lion, Finder require allow_other to mount (security risk,) I've made >>>> modification where this is no longer needed. >> >>>> See >>>> dmg:https://wgw.oxygencloud.com/weblink/link?c=ff80808131bf94180131c3cba0... >>>> -- >>>> Best Regards, >> >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryantripham >>>> Bryan Tri Pham >> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacFUSE" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group >>>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macfuse?hl=en. >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacFUSE" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macfuse?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacFUSE" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacFUSE" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse?hl=en.
