On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 03:06:58PM -0500, Eric Blake wrote: > On 10/20/2017 09:10 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > Some users can't run a bare 'git' command, due to need for a transparent > > proxying solution such as 'tsocks'. This adds an argument to configure to > > let users specify such a thing: > > > > ./configure --with-git="tsocks git" > > > > The submodule script is also updated to give the user a hint about using > > this > > flag, if we fail to checkout modules. > > Does my hint about using 'git config url.XYZ.insteadof git://...' do the > trick without needing this patch?
IIUC, that only works if the developer can't access 'git://' URLs but can access 'https://' URLs. So supporting tunnelling via a tsocks like program looks like a more generalized solution to me. Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
