[bitbake-devel] git address in SRC_URI, doesn't works for me

[lei yang]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Chris Larson <clarson at kergoth.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 2:13 AM, lei yang <yanglei.fage at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> SRC_URI = "git://git.opensvc.com/multipath-tools/.git;protocol=http"
>> it doe noting,and trying to find COPING,but it doesn't clone it
>
>
> This is the correct syntax. The URL scheme (git://) determines what bitbake
> fetcher, and therefore what tool, is used to fetch. If you use http://,
> it'll try to download it with wget, not git.
> --
> Christopher Larson

But, the fact is git://git.opensvc.com/multipath-tools/.git can't be
used, you can't  git clone  git://git.opensvc.com/multipath-tools/.git
(git:// is not valid this this git repos)
but you can "git clone  http://git.opensvc.com/multipath-tools/.git",
I think bitbake doesn't handle this

Lei