On Thursday 25 May 2023 at 17:12:33, Bill Purvis wrote:

> Distros such as Debian or Devuan supply binaries by default. When you
> install a distro it comes with only binaries, but you can change you package
> manager (apt) to include source packages as well.

I find myself wondering whether you read the steps I wrote in my original email
to explain what I am already doing:

- apt-get install dpkg-dev build-essentials
- apt-get source asterisk
- apt build-dep asterisk
- dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc -us

Note the "apt-get source asterisk".

> If you can track down and make a fix, it really doesn't matter. If I
> encounter a bug with a 'distro' program, I will usually download the latest
> source from the originator and build that. If the bug is still there, then
> contact the originator - he will apply the fix.

The whole point here is that the Asterisk developers require me to run a
version of Asterisk with debugging and symbols enabled so that I can even
demonstrate that there is a bug.

Until I've done that, nobody's going to investigate or fix anything.


Antony.

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