spack behind a http/ftp proxy - git clone with git protocol

[wresch]

I tried to install lmod with spack install lmod on our spack test system which is behind an http/ftp proxy without direct access to the network outside our cluster network. Install failed when trying to install lua-luafilesystem due to a failed git clone. I was able to work around this with git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git:// , so this seems to be a result of attempting to do a clone with the git protocol. I tried to figure out where this is happening - the package lists an url for an archive and I don't know spack code yet to trace where the git clone is happening. Globally re-routing git:// to http:// in my mind isn't desirable. Am I missing a configuration somewhere or does spack assume direct access to outside networks?

I'll start trying to learn more about the spack code base but in the meantime I thought i'd file an issue

Steps to reproduce the issue

$ spack install lmod
...
==> Installing lua-luafilesystem                                                                                                                                                                                                        
==> Searching for binary cache of lua-luafilesystem                                                                                                                                                                                     
==> Warning: No Spack mirrors are currently configured                                                                                                                                                                                  
==> No binary for lua-luafilesystem found: installing from source                                                                                                                                                                       
==> Fetching https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem/archive/v1_6_3.tar.gz                                                                                                                                                       
######################################################################## 100.0%                                                                                                                                                         
==> Staging archive: /opt/spack/0.12.1/var/spack/stage/lua-luafilesystem-1_6_3-xyxg47b6y7mvperawiatflkdlenx2cmw/v1_6_3.tar.gz                                                                                                           
==> Created stage in /opt/spack/0.12.1/var/spack/stage/lua-luafilesystem-1_6_3-xyxg47b6y7mvperawiatflkdlenx2cmw                                                                                                                         
==> No patches needed for lua-luafilesystem                                                                                                                                                                                             
==> Building lua-luafilesystem [Package]                                                                                                                                                                                                
==> Executing phase: 'install'                                                                                                                                                                                                          
==> Error: ProcessError: Command exited with status 1:                                                                                                                                                                                  
    '/opt/spack/0.12.1/opt/spack/linux-centos7-x86_64/gcc-4.8.5/lua-5.3.4-fmnxcwkmwacfljeceseiyqdbba6xlwis/bin/luarocks' '--tree=/opt/spack/0.12.1/opt/spack/linux-centos7-x86_64/gcc-4.8.5/lua-luafilesystem-1_6_3-xyxg47b6y7mvperawia$
flkdlenx2cmw' 'install' '/opt/spack/0.12.1/var/spack/stage/lua-luafilesystem-1_6_3-xyxg47b6y7mvperawiatflkdlenx2cmw/luafilesystem-1_6_3/rockspecs/luafilesystem-1.6.3-1.rockspec'
                                                                                                                                                
1 error found in build log:                                                                                                                   
     1    ==> Executing phase: 'install'                                                                                                     
     2    ==> '/opt/spack/0.12.1/opt/spack/linux-centos7-x86_64/gcc-4.8.5/lua-5.3.4-fmnxcwkmwacfljeceseiyqdbba6xlwis/bin/luarocks' '--tree=/opt/spack/0.12.1/opt/spack/linux-centos7-x86_64/gcc-4.8.5/lua-luafilesystem-1_6_3-xyxg47b6y
          7mvperawiatflkdlenx2cmw' 'install' '/opt/spack/0.12.1/var/spack/stage/lua-luafilesystem-1_6_3-xyxg47b6y7mvperawiatflkdlenx2cmw/luafilesystem-1_6_3/rockspecs/luafilesystem-1.6.3-1.rockspec'
     3    Using /opt/spack/0.12.1/var/spack/stage/lua-luafilesystem-1_6_3-xyxg47b6y7mvperawiatflkdlenx2cmw/luafilesystem-1_6_3/rockspecs/luafilesystem-1.6.3-1.rockspec... switching to 'build' mode
     4    Cloning into 'luafilesystem'...                                                                                                         
     5    fatal: unable to look up github.com (port 9418) (Name or service not known)                                               
     6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  >> 7    Error: Failed cloning git repository. 

Information on your system

This includes:

1. platform: CentOS 7.6
2. spack: 0.12.1

[KineticTheory]

Related to #7848 and #3909

[wresch]

Ah. Sorry. Not sure how I missed those

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On Sat, Apr 6, 2019, 12:39 PM Kelly (KT) Thompson ***@***.***> wrote: Related to #7848 <#7848> and #3909 <#3909> — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#11123 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAQpeGoinwkBg-3cu8DJDzBDAImLxOHjks5veM2hgaJpZM4cgQXg> .

[citibeth]

I'm closing for now.