[asterisk-users] Trials with 1.4

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 01:42:06PM -0700, Ira wrote:
> At 01:00 PM 7/13/2007, you wrote:
> >Ira wrote:
> > > So I need to build and install Zaptel 1.4 before the configure script
> > > will allow me to build Zap support into Asterisk?
> > >
> > > Seems a bit draconian, but whatever. Thanks for the hint, I'll try it
> > > and see how it goes.
> >
> >Well, what would you expect?  Should the configure script say "I can't
> >find zaptel, but I *think* this system will have zaptel installed at
> >some point before Asterisk gets compiled"?
> >
> >The whole point of the configure script is to check the system for what
> >is installed, to see what parts of Asterisk can be built.
> 
> Well, in that case, having the dependency for Zaptel indicate you 
> need to build Zaptel and then run Configure would be useful instead 
> of including a list of dependencies running off the edge of the 
> screen that I can't read.  In my case, Zaptel 1.4 was installed and 
> running and I thought I ran configure again, but maybe not. What's 
> the downside of just saying, This is useless as Zaptel does not seem 
> to be installed? 

What version of Zaptel do you have installed?

> In 1.2 Zaptel was always built or maybe I just did 
> it right by accident the first time.  I'm not stupid, and I'm sort of 
> a Linux newbie, but it seems you're making 1.4 harder to install that 
> 1.2 and that seems a step backwards.  Is there a problem if I choose 
> to build Zaptel support on a machine without Zap installed?

In 1.2 there was actually some logic in channels/Makefile as to
whthether or not to build some channels. Which means that if you wanted
to customize pathes or something you had to edit those makefiles.

Now you can pass the path to autoconf (just like with most other
projects).

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