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List:       gdb
Subject:    Re: git clone through http
From:       Samuel Bronson <naesten () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-05-31 22:33:29
Message-ID: 87bnudd1dy.fsf () naesten ! mooo ! com
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Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:

> Is there an advantage of adding "http" support, since already have
> access via the "git" protocol? The latter is what we document on
> the GDB web pages.

Well, it works through more firewalls.  I've had trouble accessing
git://sourceware.org from the Debian porterboxes that are hosted by ARM
in the past (probably a few months ago?)

I don't imagine that's the only place to ever block outgoing git://
connections.

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