Bug 2427059

Summary:	fuse-encfs missing in EPEL 10
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora EPEL	Reporter:	Peter Schiffer <peter+fedora>
Component:	fuse-encfs	Assignee:	Michel Lind <michel>
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Version:	epel10	CC:	lemenkov, michel, riehecky, vascom2
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Description Peter Schiffer 2026-01-04 21:25:07 UTC

Hello,

fuse-encfs package hasn't been added to the EPEL 10 repository so far, could you add it?

Thanks,

peter

Comment 1 Peter Lemenkov 2026-01-07 13:12:07 UTC

Hey Peter. I wouldn't recommend to build EncFS for EPEL. Its unmaintained for a while and original author suggests an alternative - gocryptfs. It is a modern successor to EncFS, offering better performance, active maintenance, and improved security (whereas EncFS has unaddressed vulnerabilities and is no longer actively developed).

Please check if gocryptfs is available.

Comment 2 Peter Schiffer 2026-01-07 16:47:37 UTC

Hello Peter,

thank you for the feedback - in general I do agree that fuse-encfs should not be used anymore for new projects as better alternatives are available. However, for older, legacy systems, and for users with data already encrypted with encfs it would be beneficial to have fuse-encfs package available in the el10 as well (so they can upgrade the OS). Also, it's still available in Fedora, so building it for epel 10 shouldn't be too much hassle, I hope.

Thanks for the consideration,

peter