sshd server fails "fuser: unknown option(s): '-o nonempty'

using clonezilla from Debian Package dpkg 3.35.2-3
root@mx-xfce:/home/nemo/Pictures# clonezilla Clonezilla mode is device-image ocsroot device is ssh_server Network is already configured! Available IP address on this machine: 192.168.2.129 Preparing the mount point /home/partimag... Mounting remote directory on ssh server as /home/partimag... SSH server is: 192.168.2.111 SSH port on server is: 22 SSH account in 192.168.2.111 is: root sshfs dir in /home/partimag is: /home/partimag Mounting SSH server by: LC_ALL=C sshfs "root"@192.168.2.111:"/home/partimag" /home/partimag -p 22 -o nonempty,noatime fuse: unknown option(s): `-o nonempty' *****************************************************. Unable to mount resource as /home/partimag. Do you want to do it again? [Y/n]

=== google search : https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=fuse%3A+unknown+option%28s%29+%27-o+nonempty%27

indicates probable cause is my sshd is using libfuse3 which no longer supports -o nonempty

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