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jetwhiz / encfs4win

Windows port of EncFS
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Provide compatibility with stable versions of Dokan FUSE library like 0.8.0? #29

Closed gh223682 closed 8 years ago

gh223682 commented 8 years ago

If possible, it would be nice to be able to use the stable version of the Dokan FUSE library.

jetwhiz commented 8 years ago

Hi @gh223682,

Right now, the only (real) stable version of Dokan is v0.7.4 (which we should have compatibility with). Dokany v0.8.0 does not have a working FUSE API (so it cannot be used for encfs4win), and has been essentially abandoned as they work on v1.0.0.

Have you tested against Dokan v0.7.4?

gh223682 commented 8 years ago

@jetwhiz Sorry for not being more specific.

Yes, I tried installing EncFS4Win 1.10.1-RC4 without Dokan, and then separately tested with Dokan v0.7.4 and Dokan v0.8.0. Each time, I got the error:

The program can't start because dokanfuse1.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

There don't appear to be any dokanfuse* dll files for Dokan v0.7.4 or v0.8.0.

jetwhiz commented 8 years ago

Ah, I see! Unfortunately your encfs.exe binaries must be built with the version of Dokan that you're targeting, so you can't take encfs.exe binaries built for Dokany-1.0 and use them with a Dokany 0.7.4 install.

Maybe I can release encfs4win (built on Dokany-1.0) and encfs4win-legacy (Dokany-0.7.4) installers from now on if that helps?

gh223682 commented 8 years ago

@jetwhiz The wording in the README.md is what threw me off:

EncFS4win has been successfully tested with the original release of Dokan (v0.7.x) as well as the latest Dokan (v1.x.x).

If it's going to be extra work, it's up to you whether you think this would be a worthwhile investment of time. Since Dokany-1.0 is nearing stable release, perhaps this will not be necessary.

jetwhiz commented 8 years ago

@gh223682 -- the wording is confusing in the README ... I should update it to be more clear. Maybe this?

EncFS4win has been successfully built against the original release of Dokan (v0.7.x) as well as the latest Dokan (v1.x.x).

gh223682 commented 8 years ago

@jetwhiz That sounds good.

I think if you want to advertise compatibility with Dokan v0.7.4, it makes sense to also provide a legacy build. At the very least, it doesn't hurt because you can always be sure that the latest version will build.