On Mon, 14 May 2007, Mohd Irwan Jamaluddin wrote:
> On 5/14/07, Dag Wieers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Is there a reason why you do not use the fuse-package from RPMforge
> > (dag.wieers.com) ?
>
> The reasons are,
> 1. I couldn't find suitable RHEL 5 package in
> http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/fuse/ (let me know if I go to wrong
> place)
RHEL5 packages are tagged 'el5', you could have used both
fuse-2.6.3-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
or fuse-2.6.5-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
> 2. Due to reason #1, I try to use RHEL 4 package. Somehow, it gives me
> an error when I want to probe for fuse module. I'm quite rushing & do
> not have time to troubleshoot, hence I'm using package from ATrpms.
Ok. The fuse kernel module is part of the dkms-fuse package. I cannot make
a dependency to it because some kernels (like CentOS-plus) already
includes it. Also, a dependency to dkms-fuse would make it incompatible
with atrpms fuse kernel module package.
So that explains why you failed to find it. dkms is how we work.
> > I have made a dkms-fuse package available. Granted, it does require dkms
> > and a compiler to be available and is not a plug&play solution as the
> > kmdl, but it doesn't have the problem that a kernel upgrade takes away
> > your ntfs abilities.
> >
> > Overall, my intention is to have dkms packages available for all the
> > drivers that I'll add support for in the future.
> >
> > On top of that, the dkms-fuse package also works on other distributions,
> > including FC and older EL releases.
>
> I try to be as simple as possible (for the time being), hence, kmdl is
> chosen. I might try dkms later.
True. But that HOWTO will only work for a specific kernel. This can lead
to bitrot very quickly.
Also, you depend on the availability of that specific kernel module for
that specific kernel, which isn't guaranteed for older kernels or fairly
new kernels.
As a result, you may end up without support for NTFS and FUSE after
upgrading your kernel. dkms doesn't have that problem. (it might, but less
likely)
> > Why do you take the EL4 package to use it on EL5 ? There is an EL5 package
> > available as well.
>
> Couldn't find RHEL5 package in
> http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/fuse-ntfs-3g/ Please let me know if
> I go to wrong place.
It is right there:
fuse-ntfs-3g-1.417-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
I now noticed why you couldn't find it. I didn't add the proper
description for EL5 packages yet, so packages tagged with .el5. do not
have a nice description saying "Red Hat EL 5 - x86_64".
I'll fix that right away.
Kind regards,
-- dag wieers, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://dag.wieers.com/ --
[all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]
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