[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0014970]: [patch] chan_vpb fails to catch exception on 1.4

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=14970 
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Reported By:                tzafrir
Assigned To:                lmadsen
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   14970
Category:                   Channels/General
Reproducibility:            have not tried
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     ready for testing
Asterisk Version:           SVN 
Regression:                 No 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases):  1.4  
SVN Revision (number only!): 189391 
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2009-04-25 04:01 CDT
Last Modified:              2009-08-25 08:19 CDT
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Summary:                    [patch] chan_vpb fails to catch exception on 1.4
Description: 
On module startup, chan_vpb asks libvpb to scan for relevant hardware. If
libvpb fails to find any, it raises an exception:

	try {
		num_cards = vpb_get_num_cards();
	} catch (VpbException e) {
		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "No Voicetronix cards detected\n");
		return AST_MODULE_LOAD_DECLINE;
	}

This seems to work as planned on trunk . However with 1.4 (on the same
system and same libvpb) I get

*CLI> module load chan_vpb.so
[Apr 25 11:56:50] ERROR[20919]: chan_vpb.cc:2720 ast_module_load_result
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'VpbException'
  what():  VPBREG_NO_VPB_DEVICES_DETECTED
/home/tzafrir/Proj/Asterisk/Git/asterisk/live_ast: line 170: 20919 Aborted
                $AST_BIN -C $AST_CONF "$@"

The fix/workaround (attached) is to use the parent class std::exception .

After which I get:

*CLI> module load chan_vpb.so
[Apr 25 11:58:40] ERROR[21550]: chan_vpb.cc:2722 ast_module_load_result
load_module(): No Voicetronix cards detected

and no panic.
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 (0109582) lmadsen (administrator) - 2009-08-25 08:19
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=14970#c109582 
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Which version of the VPB driver are you guys using? I'm getting an error
just building it:

   [LDXX] chan_vpb.oo -> chan_vpb.so
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libvpb.a(call.o): relocation R_X86_64_32
against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object;
recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libvpb.a: could not read symbols: Bad value 

Issue History 
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2009-08-25 08:19 lmadsen        Note Added: 0109582                          
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