Bug#802634: asterisk: should link against Corosync

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:45:49AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Source: asterisk
> Severity: normal
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> Asterisk supports linkage against Corosync, but that seems deliberately
> avoided in the Debian packaging.
> 
> I wonder why it was avoided - changelog entry for 1:13.0.0~dfsg-3 says
> "Remove corosync support: doesn't work" but doesn't really explain what
> didn't work.
> 
> If it was bug#771432 then that bug seems to only suggest disabling the
> module by default, not avoiding building the module altogether (might
> work fine when properly configured).  Also, if it is that issue, then
> that bugreport should probably be closed, referencing that release.
> 
> Perhaps the seemingly major cleanup changes to Corosync 2.3.5-2 solves
> the reviously experienced issues?

"Doesn't work" is #771432 which I didn't have time to properly check.
But also the fact that it is now disabled by default in the upstream
configuration.

Do you use it? If there's a need for it, I'll try to take the time to
research it.

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