Bug 20380 - KDE Connect should probably depend on, or recommend, sshfs-fuse
Summary: KDE Connect should probably depend on, or recommend, sshfs-fuse
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KDE maintainers
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Reported: 2017-03-02 00:27 CET by JanKusanagi
Modified: 2017-03-08 21:15 CET (History)
3 users (show)

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Source RPM: kdeconnect-kde-1.0.3-1.mga6.src.rpm
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Description JanKusanagi 2017-03-02 00:27:51 CET
Description of problem:

One of the important features of KDE Connect, IMHO, is being able to browse the Android device's filesystem. To do this, it needs 'sshfs', but that's not a dependency and it will fail to mount the "virtualized" FS if the user doesn't happen to have sshfs-fuse installed. At least there's a semi-clear message about not being able to run 'sshfs', but for many users this would be a big issue.

I'm not sure if requiring sshfs-fuse would be a big deal, but I guess not. On my system, installing it didn't pull any other packages in.

kdeconnect-kde deps: http://sophie.zarb.org/rpms/575a85db7e6c5eb204c7a364f699e795/deps

sshfs-fuse: http://madb.mageia.org/package/show/arch/x86_64/application/0/release/cauldron/name/sshfs-fuse


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Version     : 1.0.3
Release     : 1.mga6


How reproducible:
Everytime, as long as you don't have sshfs-fuse installed.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Uninstall sshfs-fuse if you happen to have it.
2. Ensure your computer is paired up with an Android device via KDE Connect.
3. Launch Dolphin and try to go to the paired device, in the "Places" panel.
4. An error message will appear stating that running sshfs failed.
5. The Android device's filesystem can't be browsed.
JanKusanagi 2017-03-02 00:28:20 CET

CC: (none) => jan-bugs

Marja Van Waes 2017-03-02 07:14:46 CET

CC: (none) => marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => kde

Comment 1 David GEIGER 2017-03-03 20:29:52 CET
kdeconnect-kde already recommends sshfs-fuse, see the spec file:

http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/kdeconnect-kde/current/SPECS/kdeconnect-kde.spec?revision=1075890&view=markup

CC: (none) => geiger.david68210

Comment 2 David GEIGER 2017-03-03 20:31:19 CET
$ urpmq --recommends kdeconnect-kde
kdeconnect-kde-handbook
sshfs-fuse
$
Comment 3 David GEIGER 2017-03-06 21:16:19 CET
Closing of this bug!

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WORKSFORME

Comment 4 JanKusanagi 2017-03-08 21:15:49 CET
You're right =)

I guess I installed it, back in the day, without Recommends, and the Sophie deps links don't mention Recommends.

Thanks!

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