[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk PBX in Debian

[gw at adcomcorp.com]

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tzafrir
Cohen
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 8:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk PBX in Debian

On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 07:37:26AM -0400, gw at adcomcorp.com wrote:
> Why bother with packages anyhow?  I just installed debian base and did

> a cvs get for head, and all good to go.

And if you have several systems?
>>>
I would make a custom package in that case, for easy updating.  Depends
of course if you are using head or not.

> 
> Besides I found that using packages with asterisk on debian can do odd

> things to your custom sound files if you do a remove.

Regarding the sounds files: I don't think that the way Asterisk
installer handles them is very optimal either.

Your message got me thinking, though. I believe that Debian is right
installing all sounds to /usr/share/asterisk/sounds . But
/var/lib/asterisk/sounds (/usr/local/asterisk/sounds? ) should still be
kept for custom sounds that are never touched by the package. 

I figure that file.c:build_filename could be changed to do the
following:

  if exists /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/<filename>
    return /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/<filename>
  else if exists /usr/share/sounds/asterisk/<filename>
    return /usr/share/sounds/asterisk/<filename>

What do you think? I figure I'll try to push this into Debian first.
(If this is indeed a good idea)
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Using /var works, but setting it in asterisk could be a pain when it
comes to voicemail prompts.  Plus, extensions.conf would need to grow
and become a little cluttered.  Unless of course, one could do something
to specify a new root voicemail path, and if the file is not found it
plays from the default.

Greg