[asterisk-dev] autoconf_and_menuselect branch

[Russell Bryant]

Andrey S. Pankov wrote:
> But I ask again: do somebody need _working_ autotools
> support in asterisk or not?

That certainly is the plan.

> Current branch code doesn't build at all on e.g. FreeBSD.
> It is not buildable on other systems as well. The only
> supported platform is Linux. Are you OK with that?

It works fine on my mac as well.  On FreeBSD, I have been told by someone that 
autoconf, for example, is installed as "autoconf259" with no sym link of 
autoconf to the installed version.  This would make the bootstrap.sh script we 
have not functional.  I have very little experience with FreeBSD so we just need 
someone to tell us what bootstrap.sh needs to look like to work on this platform.

Is this the problem you are referring to, or is there something else?

> There are lots of problems even in Linux support.

I have your email about the autoconf support related to chan_h323.  I'm sorry I 
haven't been able to address them yet.  If there are other things that you see 
that are wrong, please continue to let me know and I will address them as soon 
as I can.

> Russel, do you need some help? It seems like you started
> ignoring my emails with suggestions. :(

I absolutely appreciate all of your help.  I still have all of your emails with 
suggestions in my inbox.  The issue for me is that I am a full time student with 
semester projects coming to conclusion right now.  This is really keeping me 
from concentrating on this as much as I would like.

After the loader changes are complete, this branch is going to get some 
immediate attention.  We know that some things probably won't work correctly 
right away, but it's mostly due to our inability to test on all of the supported 
platforms.  We will likely be putting it into the trunk close to how it 
currently stands, and then put out the fires as fast as we can.

Thanks for the help,

Russell