[syslinux] git clone of syslinux with http - submodule issue

[Gene Cumm]

On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
>
>> The wiki:
>>       http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux

> As of the moment I am writing this email, the current version of the
> page you are actually referring to:
>
>  http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Development&oldid=4419
>
> was last edited on 2015Oct25.

>> 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:

>> ---
>> Robert Elliott, HPE Persistent Memory

> As of the current version of the aforementioned wiki page, I would not
> had interpreted the text the same way you wrote it here.
>
> Anyway, have you actually tried the first suggested method to clone the
> repo:
>
>  git clone --recursive git://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git a-new-directory
>
> using git, not http? Is _that_ working correctly?

Ady, no need.  Smells like he's behind a firewall that blocks tcp/9418
but allows tcp/80.

Robert, I just updated the directions and it should help your issue.

-- 
-Gene