[syslinux] git clone of syslinux with http - submodule issue, in fact a firewall isssue

[Geert Stappers]

On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 06:02:19PM +0000, Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory) via Syslinux wrote:
> The wiki:
> 	http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux
> says to use this to clone git with http rather than git protocol:
> 	git clone --recursive http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git a-new-directory
> 
> That works for the main project, but fails for the gnu-efi
> submodule, which specifies the git protocol in its .config file:
> 
> 	$ git clone --recursive http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git syslinux
> 	Cloning into 'syslinux'...
> 	remote: Counting objects: 50634, done.
> 	remote: Total 50634 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
> 	Receiving objects: 100% (50634/50634), 22.12 MiB | 1.91 MiB/s, done.
> 	Resolving deltas: 100% (37763/37763), done.
> 	Submodule 'gnu-efi' (git://git.code.sf.net/p/gnu-efi/code) registered for path 'gnu-efi'
> 	Cloning into 'gnu-efi'...
> 	fatal: unable to connect to git.code.sf.net:
> 	git.code.sf.net[0: 216.34.181.155]: errno=Connection timed out
> 	Clone of 'git://git.code.sf.net/p/gnu-efi/code' into submodule path 'gnu-efi' failed

Most likely due some firewall that does NOT allow traffic over the git port 9418

> 
> As a workaround, I set up a git proxy with socat as described 
> on https://gist.github.com/sit/49288 (which is generally useful).  
> 
> The syslinux wiki could point to that...

True


> but is there a direct way to get the submodules to use http?

https://www.google.nl/search?q=git+supported+protocols





Groeten
Geert Stappers
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stappers op nero:~/orkest
$ git clone --recursive http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git a-new-directory 
Cloning into 'a-new-directory'...
remote: Counting objects: 50634, done.
remote: Total 50634 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (50634/50634), 22.12 MiB | 1.86 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (37763/37763), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Submodule 'gnu-efi' (git://git.code.sf.net/p/gnu-efi/code) registered for path 'gnu-efi'
Cloning into 'gnu-efi'...
remote: Counting objects: 764, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (670/670), done.
remote: Total 764 (delta 420), reused 111 (delta 18)
Receiving objects: 100% (764/764), 279.30 KiB | 454.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (420/420), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Submodule path 'gnu-efi': checked out 'ab54e2b40e914d0ca01dc3d44c8d4eb8517bf999'
stappers op nero:~/orkest
$ ls a-new-directory/
codepage  dos        gpxe              man      now.pl            version
com32     dosutil    libfat            mbr      README            version.pl
COPYING   dummy.c    libinstaller      memdisk  sample            win
core      efi        linux             mime     syslinux.spec.in  win32
devel     extlinux   lzo               mk       tests             win64
diag      gen-id.sh  Makefile          mtools   txt
doc       gnu-efi    Makefile.private  NEWS     utils
stappers op nero:~/orkest
$ echo HTTP is not the only network protocol
HTTP is not the only network protocol