[MacPorts] #27649: ntfs-3g: show mount in finder

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#27649: ntfs-3g: show mount in finder
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 Reporter:  markus.doits@…               |       Owner:  petri@…            
     Type:  enhancement                  |      Status:  new                
 Priority:  Normal                       |   Milestone:                     
Component:  ports                        |     Version:                     
 Keywords:                               |        Port:  ntfs-3g            
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Comment(by markus.doits@…):

 Replying to [comment:12 petri@…]:
 > The patch file seems to be fine; however, I don't think we should
 automatically set ''local'' as per question 4.1 in the
 [https://code.google.com/p/macfuse/wiki/FAQ MacFUSE FAQ]. Doing so would
 cause creation of various OS X-specific directories, for instance, just
 because you mounted the volume. This might not what most people want, no?
 There is however a suggestion to make the Finder show networked volumes,
 perhaps this should be notified to the user during install.

 I see, local is no option then. Unfortunately as per macfuse faq 4.3,
 there is no way to show up the volume in finder's sidebar then. But at
 least it can be shown on the desktop as a remote drive, which is better
 than nothing.


 Replying to [comment:13 petri@…]:
 > Actually, [http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-advanced/extended-
 attributes/ Tuxera's documentation] regarding EAs suggests that if you use
 auto_xattr, then you could expose streams through
 ''streams_interface=openxattr''. The docs seem to suggest that unless that
 is used, auto_xattr would not work as expected. I am wondering whether EAs
 are useable for most people though, I'm not used to working with them nor
 alternate streams. Any thoughts?

 So you (or Tuxera) suggest(s) adding ''streams_interface=openxattr'' to
 the mount options? If so, let's do it. Since I haven't dealt with ntfs
 streams yet, I cannot say anything about them.


 So to summarize: remove ''local'', add ''streams_interface=openxattr'' are
 the changes to be made to the existing patch. Then we get a mount where
 streams should work(?) and the volume shows up as a network device on the
 desktop (if enabled as a preference in finder).

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