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

[Matt]

Well this is all good in practice and I do have a /custom directory..
but, to my knowledge, there is no way to get things like the voicemail
module to read out of the /custom directory..

On 10/6/05, Andrew Kohlsmith <akohlsmith-asterisk at benshaw.com> wrote:
> On Friday 30 September 2005 12:06, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> > Existence of what? The issue is that if we have a new version of a sound
> > file, there's no way to know whether the one currently in place is
> > 'original' or modified.
>
> Wait a minute... the only problem is that the "wrong" sound file (same
> filename, different content) may exist?
>
> WTF's the big problem?  *do not* overwrite files, and if their PBX is so
> totally fucked up that the sounds do not match what they think should be
> played, they read the damn README or INSTALL where it clearly states
> something along the lines of "make install-samples" installs the default
> sound set.  PLEASE BACK UP YOUR EXISTING/CHANGED FILES BEFORE EXECUTING THIS
> COMMAND."
>
> Although I do like the idea of version-tagging, it seems tedious, too.
>
> In all honesty, the best solution is to have
> a /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/custom/ directory where people put their own shit.
> I admit I have screwed up and put my own sounds in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds
> and they've been overwritten/gone missing in updates.  To me though, that was
> my own stupidity, and I've learned.
>
> -A.
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