graceful failure in the event of incompatibility

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I tried using MacFusion 1.1b2 with MacFUSE 0.25 from fink:

 i   fuse             0.2.5-1      Filesystem in Userspace
 i   fuse-dev         0.2.5-1      Filesystem in Userspace (development reso...
 i   fuse-shlibs      0.2.5-1      Filesystem in Userspace

When I tried a quick sshfs mount, sshfs-static crashed:

2007-05-11 22:28:11 -0400

Link (dyld) error:

Library not loaded: /usr/local/lib/libfuse.0.dylib
  Referenced from: /Applications/MacFusion.app/Contents/PlugIns/SSHFS.plugin/Contents/
Resources/sshfs-static
  Reason: image not found

This is not  unreasonable, but the failure case should be handled more 
gracefully, and the web 
site (which only mentions MacFUSE Core) should specify whether MacFusion works 
with locally 
compiled versions of MacFUSE. If it's not compatible with Fink's MacFUSE 
package, adding 
compatibility would be an excellent feature.

FWIW, I use Fink's port because I can upgrade several systems easily and 
remotely (once the 
package is updated).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by reppepre...@gmail.com on 12 May 2007 at 2:31

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> MacFUSE Compatibility 

is akin to issue 69 and issue 73

> & Documentation

is akin to issue 64

> failure case should be handled more gracefully

is the new summary for this issue 84

> If it's not compatible with Fink's MacFUSE package

see also issue 85.

Thanks to reppepreppep :-) 
— additional comments/issues welcome.

Original comment by grahampe...@gmail.com on 12 May 2007 at 4:00

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Original comment by grahampe...@gmail.com on 12 May 2007 at 4:39

• Changed title: graceful failure in the event of incompatibility
• Added labels: Component-Docs, Usability

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> locally compiled versions of MacFUSE. If it's not compatible with
> Fink's MacFUSE package

is new issue 90.

Original comment by grahampe...@gmail.com on 12 May 2007 at 5:01