Issue 45 in iphonedisk: Can't install when newer MacFUSE present
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New issue 45 by turadg: Can't install when newer MacFUSE present
http://code.google.com/p/iphonedisk/issues/detail?id=45
1. download the supplied disk image, Disk for iPhone 20100411.dmg
2. run the installer
The disk I want to install on has a warning icon, "You have chosen to
install on a disk that contains a newer version." The installer can't
continue.
I have MacFUSE 2.1.5 (Beta).
iphon...@googlecode.com
Comment #1 on issue 45 by allen.porter: Can't install when newer MacFUSE
present
http://code.google.com/p/iphonedisk/issues/detail?id=45
Are you sure this is about a newer version of macfuse? I didn't think the
installer was that smart.
iphon...@googlecode.com
Comment #2 on issue 45 by turadg: Can't install when newer MacFUSE present
http://code.google.com/p/iphonedisk/issues/detail?id=45
Well all I really know is that the installer gave me the error above. Maybe
it means I have a "newer version" of iphonedisk itself? I don't know how
that would be, but is there a way to check?
Could it be that the the "Disk for iPhone" package isn't that smart but
that the MacFuse.pkg that it imports is?
iphon...@googlecode.com
Comment #3 on issue 45 by allen.porter: Can't install when newer MacFUSE
present
http://code.google.com/p/iphonedisk/issues/detail?id=45
Perhaps. Did you, by chance, have another version already installed? I
could have messed up the installer and gave it a lower version.
I'll dig more into the MacFuse.pkg suggestion, which I didn't consider. My
impression was that the MacFuse installer was supposed to be smart enough
to work around that issue, but it is possible that i've configured the
iphonedisk installer in such a way to make it matter which version is
installed.
Thanks.
iphon...@googlecode.com
Comment #4 on issue 45 by MauerO...@gmail.com: Can't install when newer
MacFUSE present
http://code.google.com/p/iphonedisk/issues/detail?id=45
There should be an installed that does not try to install MacFuse. This is
a stability issue. I depend on MacFuse for other apps and would not want to
upgrade it. I would certainly try iPhoneDisk with my current MacFuse, and
if it didn't work I wouldn't touch it.
iphon...@googlecode.com
Comment #5 on issue 45 by apor...@google.com: Can't install when newer
MacFUSE present
http://code.google.com/p/iphonedisk/issues/detail?id=45
Asking the user to install macfuse themselves is not a great user
experience. This is why MacFUSE provides a smart auto installer, that
we're using. See http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/wiki/AUTOINSTALL
From that page: "We just saw that MacFUSE installation knows how to find
and install the latest version of MacFUSE. The built-in install/update
engine also knows how to update MacFUSE to the latest version"
If you have other apps that are using an older version of MacFUSE, then
they aren't following the MacFUSE guidelines in that wiki, from what I
understand.
If you're using a non-stable release of MacFuse then obvious that installer
will attempt to overwrite your version which isn't great. If you're in
that category, then I suggest compiling iPhoneDisk from source and not
using the installer.
If we're using the MacFUSE installer incorrectly, then we should fix it,
but I think we're using it correctly. Please let me know if that isn't the
case.
iphon...@googlecode.com
Status: WontFix
Comment #6 on issue 45 by allen.po...@gmail.com: Can't install when newer
MacFUSE present
http://code.google.com/p/iphonedisk/issues/detail?id=45
I haven't heard any more details so I'm closing this bug. Re-open if you
want to discuss it more.