[Nix-dev] [***SPAM***] git:// repositories in nixpkgs

[Shea Levy]

fetchurl has a concept of multiple urls and mirrors, I’m not sure if fetchgit does but it would be nice for this use case. git:// should be preferred when it is usable, but if it’s not fetchgit could fall back to an alternatively specified URL.

> On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:40 PM, Serge Kosyrev <_deepfire at feelingofgreen.ru> wrote:
> 
> Good day, folks!
> 
> What is the stance on git:// repositories in nixpkgs?
> 
> They are generally unavailable from behind corporate firewalls.
> 
> One package employing this is grub, as of current master.
> 
> -- 
> regards,
> Серёга Косырев
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