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README: add fuse-t FAQ, update wording
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First, if you've already installed FUSE formulae from the core tap _before_ they were disabled, you might _not_ want to switch over to my formulae, because:
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1. As far as I know, Homebrew will not remove them from your system, even after the formulae themselves are deleted.
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2. Many of these formulae are rather old, so you're unlikely to find updates anyway.
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1. Many of these formulae are rather old, so you're unlikely to find updates anyway.
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But if you _do_ want to install my formulae over the core ones, you should uninstall the core formulae first.
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If you can't find it under its new name, possible reasons include:
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1. All available versions of `XYZ` require version 3 of the libfuse API, but macFUSE only supports v2.
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2. I might not have gotten around to getting it up. [File an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) to get my attention. 😀
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1. I might not have gotten around to getting it up. [File an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) to get my attention. 😀
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### Why is XYZ so old?
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Possible reasons:
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1. Current `XYZ` requires libfuse v3, so I found and bottled the last version that requires libfuse v2.
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2. `XYZ` was abandoned by its authors. If you know of a revived fork of such software, [file an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) with the details and I'll see what can be done.
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3. I might not have gotten around to updating it yet. [File an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) to get my attention. 😀
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1. Current `XYZ` requires FUSE 3, which is not supported by all known macOS FUSE drivers, so the version you see is the latest one that can be built on macOS.
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1. `XYZ` was abandoned by its authors. If you know of a revived fork of such software, [file an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) with the details and I'll see what can be done.
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1. I might not have gotten around to updating it yet. [File an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) to get my attention. 😀
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### Why is the XYZ formula called `XYZ-mac`?
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### Why can't I build XYZ on an ARM Mac?
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Homebrew currently [filters out `/usr/local` entirely during ARM-based builds](https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/04532cb6216b69a5b067aa7a4e22cff0944b257d/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/cc#L266-L270). I've devised a workaround for this, that seems to work well on both Intel and ARM GitHub runners. If you still can't build it, please [file an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose).
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## Why aren't you using fuse-t in place of MacFUSE?
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As of 2025-Feb-16, [fuse-t](https://github.com/macos-fuse-t/fuse-t) is certainly interesting, but not enough of an improvement to make me force everyone to move over.
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For this to happen, at least one of the following needs to happen:
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1. **open source**, so there's a hope of getting it into Homebrew core _a la_ `libfuse{,@2}`, and get rid of all the `require` hackery in these formulae
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1. **FUSE 2 and 3 support**, so we're not stuck in the past with half these formulae, but are still able to build older FUSE 2 formulae
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If any macOS FUSE implementation achieves *all* the above, I'm prepared to move everything over. Heck, if point 1 is achieved, this repo may itself become defunct.

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