[Asterisk-Users] Re:Any way to not overwrite sound files on compile?

[Ron Wellsted]

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Matt wrote:
> What about during an upgrade though? From one version to another where
> you actually want to replace asterisk?  I mean it isn't just a few
> files (I don't think?) that get copied when you do make install is it?
>  Aren't there a fair amount?
> 
> On 9/30/05, Gustavo A. Gonzalez <ggonzalez at telviso.com.ar> wrote:
> 
>>When compile only type 'make'  and copy manually your module/s from asterisk
>>apps directory into your asterisk modules directory.
>>
>>regards.
>>G.
>>
>>
>>Matt wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Every time I recompile Asterisk (or upgrade to a new CVS-HEAD,
>>>whatever) asterisk overwrites custom files I have made.  Granted,
>>>these files are named the same as the asterisk default files
>>>(vm-login.gsm, etc) because we had a person here record them to
>>>customize them a bit more for our application.
>>>
>>>Short of keeping them somewhere and copying them back every time
>>>(which isn't all that often) I do a re-compile.  Is there some flag or
>>>something to tell Asterisk not to install sound files, or at the very
>>>least not to overwrite ones already existing?

Why not add a separate "make sounds-install" or "make sounds-upgrade"
step post-install.

It will never be possible to come up with a solution that will suit
everybody, but at least that would prevent customised files being
overwritten.

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Ron Wellsted
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ron at wellsted.org.uk
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