linux5.15/ntfs-3g: use mount.ntfs as alternative

[Animeshz]

Testing the changes

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[Animeshz]

Default mount mount /dev/sdxx /mnt/point without explicit -t ntfs3 or -t ntfs-3g to be controlled by xbps-alternatives.

[ericonr]

This is definitely the wrong place for this; otherwise linux5.16 will have to carry the same alternative, then 5.17, then ...

It does sound like something we should fix, though. I assume that if you uninstall ntfs-3g, it uses the kernel's driver automatically?

[Animeshz]

@ericonr It does not, it mounts with read-only driver ntfs, we've to specify -t ntfs3 properly for the new 5.15's ntfs3 driver. For ntfs-3g it automatically selects ntfs-3g instead of ntfs.

[Animeshz]

Problem is ntfs-3g overwrite the symlink to /usr/bin/mount.ntfs, so even if linux5.15+ able to overwrite it, later after removal of ntfs-3g it'll be a broken symlink, which i think is properly managed by xbps-alternatives (previous present alternative default, and manually selectable, and also selects linux5.15+ one if removed ntfs-3g).

[ericonr]

it mounts with read-only driver ntfs, we've to specify -t ntfs3 properly for the new 5.15's ntfs3

Wow, that really sucks :/

And yes, alternatives sounds reasonable-ish to solve this, except that if one opts into the new driver, booting into an older kernel and trying to mount something via ntfs won't work properly.

I will open an issue with upstream util-linux.

[ericonr]

util-linux/util-linux#1508

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