[MacPorts] #72283: Missing ntfsprog tools?
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#72283: Missing ntfsprog tools?
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Reporter: Haravikk | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Keywords: | Port: ntfs-3g
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ntfs-3g comes bundled with ntfsprogs (a set of utilities for working with
NTFS drives) however it appears to be missing some of them:
* ntfsfallocate
* ntfsrecover
* ntfstruncate
* ntfswipe
The man pages for all of these are present under
/opt/local/share/man/man8, but there is no sign of the programs
themselves. Interestingly there are also man pages for a few other
programs not mentioned by ntfsprogs (ntfsdecrypt, ntfssecaudit, and
ntfsusermap, so these programs also appear to be missing from ntfs-3g).
Is this a purposeful or accidental omission? I didn't notice anything in
the documentation about any tools being removed (e.g- not compatible with
macOS for whatever reason), so it seems like it might have been a mistake?
All the documentation says is that ntfs-3g includes ntfsprogs (for which
there does not exist a separate package).
It would be great to see the missing tools added to this package to
complete it, or perhaps even see a complete ntfsprogs spun off into its
own package upon which this one could then depend.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/72283>
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