[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk PBX in Debian

[Paul]

Michael Coburn wrote:

>Or why not create all sound files under /usr/share/asterisk/sounds and
>then subdirs from there for your own touched files i.e.
>/usr/share/asterisk/sounds/custom ?
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>Michael Coburn
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Short answer is because we live by rules.

Any good linux distro follows standards regarding the proper location of 
files. /usr/local /opt and /var/lib would be more appropriate for 
locally added sounds.

This is good reading for people new to linux. Maybe you always wondered 
why there is a /bin, /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin? This will enlighten you:

http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/


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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
>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk PBX in Debian
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>On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 07:37:26AM -0400, gw at adcomcorp.com wrote:
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>>Why bother with packages anyhow?  I just installed debian base and did
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>>cvs get for head, and all good to go.
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>And if you have several systems?
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>>Besides I found that using packages with asterisk on debian can do odd
>>things to your custom sound files if you do a remove.
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>Regarding the sounds files: I don't think that the way Asterisk
>installer handles them is very optimal either.
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>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. 
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>I figure that file.c:build_filename could be changed to do the
>following:
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>  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>
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>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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