[asterisk-dev] modules.conf - loading modules

[Russell Bryant]

Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> Olle E. Johansson wrote:
> 
>> If I add a load= directive for a module in asterisk's modules.conf,  
>> and it doesn't load Asterisk proceeds happily.
>> I would like a new statement where if Asterisk can't load the module  
>> for some reason - bad config, bad compilation or something else,  
>> Asterisk fails utterly and fails to start.
> 
> This should not be true; if the module's load_module() function returns
> AST_MODULE_LOAD_FAILURE, the loading process will be stopped and
> Asterisk will not continue starting up. The only way for the module to
> let Asterisk continue loading is for that function to return one of the
> other AST_MODULE_LOAD_<xxx> values.
> 

Most modules return AST_MODULE_LOAD_DECLINE for errors like missing 
configuration.  AST_MODULE_LOAD_FAILURE is used in unexpected internal 
failure scenarios, such as a failed memory allocation or something.

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