[ATrpms-users] Asterisk dependencies

[Philip Prindeville]

Mark Wormgoor wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   
>> Would it make sense to remove the dependency of Asterisk on
>> zaptel and libtonezone?  Or even spandsp?
>>
>> Some of us are using the natively SIP handsets like the Zyxel
>> or Vtech...
>>     
>
> Asterisk always needs zaptel. You need to have a good timing module, and 
> only the zaptel kmdl provides them (ztdummy). The rc.d script for 
> loading the kmdl is in the zaptel module.  And zaptel depends on 
> libtonezone.
>
> As for spandsp, the app_rxfax and app_txfax are now part of asterisk, so 
>   rpm automatically requires spandsp. Unless these modules are split 
> into a separate package (asterisk-fax?), the dependency remains.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Mark
>   

Ok... I was thinking that the zaptel module was *only* needed to support the
POTS interface card... and that if one wasn't using POTS handsets, you could
go without it.

We won't be using POTS... so I had hoped to avoid installing it.

-Philip