Hi,

In the Git repository of fuse, there is an initscript that loads the kernel module when the system boots:

https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/blob/f54eb86e9a0b596dfeceb18277efa8f840d85919/util/init_script

Maybe we want to integrate this.

-Michael

> On 6 Jan 2021, at 19:21, Adolf Belka <ahb.ipfire(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I suddenly thought I should also check the old version on Core 153, so I did that and the same thing happens. The fuse module is not loaded automatically when sshfs command is run, but the error message is very helpful.
> 
> "fuse: device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first"
> 
> So the new sshfs version operates the same as the old one, so I am no longer so worried about this.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adolf
> 
> On 06/01/2021 19:39, Adolf Belka wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 
>> On 06/01/2021 16:30, Michael Tremer wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>>> On 5 Jan 2021, at 14:28, Adolf Belka <ahb.ipfire(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Dear all,
>>>> 
>>>> Forgot to mention in the logs that I have also installed the built IPFire with new fuse and sshfs into my testbed system and was able to setup an sshfs mount from a remote computer into the IPFire system, so confirmed working.
>>>> 
>>>> The only thing I had to do was run modprobe fuse as the fuse module was not loaded. Is that normal to need to do or did I miss something when I was building sshfs/fuse
>>> 
>>> I would expect that sshfs is doing that automatically.
>> 
>> Then there may be a problem. When I ran the sshfs command I got a message that it could not find fuse and it suggested that I should run modprobe fuse, which I did, and then the same sshfs command worked.
>> 
>> Not sure how to find out why sshfs did not have the modprobe command run automatically or how to make it do so.
>> 
>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Adolf.
>>>> 
>>>> On 05/01/2021 15:20, Adolf Belka wrote:
>>>>> - Update sshfs from 2.2 to 3.7.1
>>>>> - Changelog is available at https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs/releases
>>>>> - Build had to be changed from autotools to meson/ninja
>>>>> - Change in rootfiles
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Adolf Belka <ahb.ipfire(a)gmail.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>   config/rootfiles/common/sshfs |  2 ++
>>>>>   lfs/sshfs                     | 14 ++++++--------
>>>>>   2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>>> diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/sshfs b/config/rootfiles/common/sshfs
>>>>> index 2cafa3e24..579b938f5 100644
>>>>> --- a/config/rootfiles/common/sshfs
>>>>> +++ b/config/rootfiles/common/sshfs
>>>>> @@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
>>>>>   usr/bin/sshfs
>>>>> +#usr/sbin/mount.fuse.sshfs
>>>>> +#usr/sbin/mount.sshfs
>>>>>   #usr/share/man/man1/sshfs.1
>>>>> diff --git a/lfs/sshfs b/lfs/sshfs
>>>>> index 23fbd18ca..1e7706194 100644
>>>>> --- a/lfs/sshfs
>>>>> +++ b/lfs/sshfs
>>>>> @@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
>>>>>     include Config
>>>>>   -VER        = 2.2
>>>>> +VER        = 3.7.1
>>>>>   -THISAPP    = sshfs-fuse-$(VER)
>>>>> -DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
>>>>> +THISAPP    = sshfs-$(VER)
>>>>> +DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
>>>>>   DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
>>>>>   DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
>>>>>   TARGET = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
>>>>> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
>>>>>     $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
>>>>>   -$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 26e9206eb5169e87e6f95f54bc005a4f
>>>>> +$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 22ac23d05ca7c56fb568627f086374d0
>>>>>     install : $(TARGET)
>>>>>   @@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ $(subst %,%_MD5,$(objects)) :
>>>>>     $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
>>>>>       @$(PREBUILD)
>>>>> -    @rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
>>>>> -    cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure --prefix=/usr
>>>>> -    cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING)
>>>>> -    cd $(DIR_APP) && make install
>>>>> +    @rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
>>>>> +    cd $(DIR_APP) && meson --prefix=/usr builddir && cd builddir && ninja && ninja install
>>>>>       @rm -rf $(DIR_APP)
>>>>>       @$(POSTBUILD)
>>>