On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Geek Girl wrote: > Lol it has noting to do with the spec file it has to do with trixbox not > being stable... > for example their 2.4 branch was pretty stable but now they released 2.6 and > overwrote the 2.4 repositories and everything updates to 2.6. Plus 2.4 was > still buggy...They are actually in the process of testing a nother revision > this eve at trixbox but they are even skeptical of weather or not it is > fixed. Plus they they are known for hosing their repos regularly... > 2 things: 1)I would like to avoid Trixbox - bad karma, and 2)here is a vote for a compile from source. It would be interesting to cover the dependencies Asterisk just has to have as well as the various compiler and configure options. I am looking at installing onto an OpenBSD box and have heard Asterisk can be installed on a Nokia N800, so I'm expecting to have to wade into this stuff. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R P Herrold" > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 3:33 PM > Subject: east side meeting and asterisk stuff > > > > On Fri, 28 Mar 2008, geekgirl28@cox.net wrote: > > > >> I recommend PIAF because you can see it from the source > >>level without having to deal with crappy RPM's > > > > If the rpms are poorly written (in their .spec file, one > > assumes), why not amend them; Writing a good .spec file is > > reasonably trivial. > > > > see: > > http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Rpm > > > > or use mine; if you have a problem with their form, and it is > > a well formed objection, I'll glady improve them. Just send a > > private email. > > > > ftp://ftp.owlriver.com/pub/mirror/ORC/asterisk/ > > > > This set is a bit old in the ersions [I'll update at some > > point], but has worked here forom omnths without so much as a > > quiver. > > > > .... of course you may have issues with the RPM packaging > > system; I can see how using the sources, so you cannot ask a > > package database when a new exploit comes along, to see if you > > are vulnerable, might be prefered, as it offers the > > opportunity to wade through sources and versions over and over > > again. Job security, so to speak. RPM managed sysadmin is > > boring. ;) > > > > -- Russ herrold > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss