Olivier
2019-Jan-15 14:56 UTC
[asterisk-users] How to build and use your custom asterisk .deb package ?
Hello, There is question that bounces in my mind for quite a long time. Today, I dare to ask it here: how do you package and use your custom asterisk .deb package ? The background is: - I'm now a long time Debian user and I learned to appreciate Debian's deb package benefits specially when dealing with complex softwares such as Asterisk - On another hand, new Asterisk versions are regularly published. Looking at Debian's asterisk source packages, beside patching Asterisk source code, it seems possible to build a new Asterisk 13.X+1 package copying 13.X package - If possible (ie not too hard), I would be happy to build and maintain an Asterisk 16.X binary package for Buster (amd targets). So my questions are: 1. Would you evaluate porting Debian's patches from one Asterisk version to the next one (Asterisk 16.4 to 16.5, for example), to be a complex or time consuming task ? 2. What is the simplest and safest way to deal with the existence of both custom and original packages ? Using deb packages terminology, would you simply create a mycustom-asterisk package which both conflicts and provides asterisk, if that is possible ? Alternatively, is apt-pinning recommended ? 3. Can I realistically hope, that I won't have to change Asterisk 16 dependencies during Asterisk evolution, at least for Asterisk core features or I shall prepare to also upgrade some libraries ? 4. Suggestions ? Pointers ? Best regards -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20190115/98842759/attachment.html>