[asterisk-dev] Add module dependecy in build system

Catalin Stanciu catacsdev at gmail.com
Wed Mar 9 09:52:11 CST 2016


On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 4:21 PM, George Joseph <george.joseph at fairview5.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 8:07 AM, Catalin Stanciu <catacsdev at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That's great, but I have tried to install libmongo-client-devel and no
>> package has been found in the repositories (default centos, epel, mongodb).
>>
>> > No package libmongo-client-devel available.
>> > Error: Nothing to do
>>
>
> ​On centos you might have to enable the EPEL repositories...
>

The EPEL repository have already been enabled before I tried it the first,
so no luck for me.


>
> http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-enable-epel-repository-for-rhel-centos-6-5/​
>
>
>>
>> The OS version is:
>> CentOS release 6.7 (Final)
>> Kernel \r on an \m
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:22 AM, George Joseph <
>> george.joseph at fairview5.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Catalin Stanciu <catacsdev at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you for your support, the help make me succeed, having now the
>>>> package working in ubuntu.
>>>> Now I am testing the module in Centos 6. First I found
>>>> that PKG_CONFIG_PATH is empty, so the AST_PKG_CONFIG_CHECK was not able to
>>>> find the lib and include routes. I solved it exporting the pkgconfig routes:
>>>>
>>>> export
>>>> PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/src/mongo-c-driver-1.3.3/src/:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/
>>>>
>>>
>>> ​I think you need to install the ​libmongo-client-devel package rather
>>> than from source.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Everything seems to be correct since i found this problem when
>>>> executing ./configure:
>>>>
>>>> checking for pg_config... /usr/bin/pg_config
>>>> checking for PQescapeStringConn in -lpq... yes
>>>> checking for pg_encoding_to_char within Postgres headers... yes
>>>> ./configure: line 43633: syntax error near unexpected token
>>>> `$PJPROJECT_DIR'
>>>> ./configure: line 43633: `       PJPROJECT_CONFIGURE($PJPROJECT_DIR)'
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ​There's something in configure.ac​ just before the error that's
>>> causing the issue.
>>>
>>>
>>>> My intuition told to install pjproject, so i did it, but output still
>>>> the same.
>>>>
>>>> PD: George, are you using any yum repo to install libmongo-client.
>>>> After a bit of research I have installed the mongo driver form source,
>>>> because i didn't found any other method to install it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> ​The package is libmongo-client-devel.​
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Than you all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 12:11 AM, Rafael Prado Rocchi <
>>>> prado at practis.com.br> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> you are doing the right way, I'll put some basic information with
>>>>> examples to contribute.
>>>>>
>>>>> When creating a MODULE that needs some dependency, there are two
>>>>> situations to check initially:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) If the library is already present in configure.ac (and detected
>>>>> when you run ./configure), then you just need to put the dependency inside
>>>>> the Module source using <depend> tag
>>>>> 2) If it is a NEW library not present in configure.ac, then you have
>>>>> to change configure.ac and recreate 'configure' script.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Supposing the new library included was for example 'openr2'
>>>>> You can do a quick check running:
>>>>>
>>>>> ./configure |grep openr2
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The result should make it clear if it was detected or nor detected,
>>>>> like the above example, that would give you this result:
>>>>>
>>>>> checking for openr2_chan_new in -lopenr2... yes
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The result "yes" above means the library was Found and it's ready for
>>>>> use. You correctly modified configure.ac and recreated configure.
>>>>> If you get a different result or no result, check the paths where the
>>>>> library lives in you linux distro and make the appropriate changes in
>>>>> configure.ac because configure was not able to find them, also check
>>>>> the logfile.
>>>>> Some types of library install theirselves in different places, and
>>>>> some linux distros have different places for them, special attention for
>>>>> 64bit distros vs 32bit distros.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> After succeed with ./configure you can tie dependency in any module
>>>>> source code by using the <depend> tag inside the module you need.
>>>>>
>>>>> example from chan_dahdi.c :
>>>>>
>>>>> /*** MODULEINFO
>>>>>         <depend>res_smdi</depend>
>>>>>         <depend>dahdi</depend>
>>>>>         <depend>tonezone</depend>
>>>>>         <depend>res_features</depend>
>>>>>         <use>pri</use>
>>>>>         <use>openr2</use>
>>>>>  ***/
>>>>>
>>>>> <depend> means module will NOT compile if dependency is not satisfied.
>>>>> <use> means module can make use of the library or not, it's not
>>>>> essencial and it WILL compile without the library being detected by
>>>>> ./configure.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope you succeed.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Rafael Prado
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> De: <asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com> em nome de Catalin
>>>>> Stanciu <catacsdev at gmail.com>
>>>>> Responder para: Asterisk List <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
>>>>> Data: domingo, 6 de março de 2016 17:56
>>>>> Para: Asterisk List <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
>>>>> Assunto: [asterisk-dev] Add module dependecy in build system
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to include a module dependency in  the asterisk build
>>>>> system, but after some hours of research I couldn't found any useful
>>>>> information.
>>>>> To start I have followed the asterisk manual (
>>>>> https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Build+System+Architecture)
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. I have used the AST_EXT_LIB_SETUP and AST_EXT_LIB_CHECK functions
>>>>> to configure in configure.ac
>>>>> 2. I have included in build_tools/menuselect-deps.in the line similar
>>>>> to other dependencies
>>>>> 3. I have included in makeopts.in  two lines one for LIB and the
>>>>> other for INCLUDE.
>>>>> 4. Finally I have included in the module source code the lines with
>>>>> MODULEINFO
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know what I am doing wrong but I think the documentation for
>>>>> build  system architecture must have some examples with explanation of
>>>>> complex cases.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
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