Comment 11 for bug 205081

You're right, sorry. I've wrote my answer the wrong way around. Right now, the ubuntu ntfs-3g package passes the option "--with-fuse=external" to the configure script, forcing it to use the external libs. I commented that line, and build the 1.2412 version using the internal libs, and then set suid root the executable /bin/ntfs-3g.

So, the decision that needs to be reverted is the decision made by Martin Pitt on the 7th March to "Build against the external fuse libraries and add dependency on fuse-utils".