# Github repository clone failure: binpac not found

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/github-repository-clone-failure-binpac-not-found/3078>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [April 22, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/github-repository-clone-failure-binpac-not-found/3078 "2014-04-22T20:25:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Kurt\_Grutzmacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@Kurt\_Grutzmacher](https://community.zeek.org/u/Kurt_Grutzmacher)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/github-repository-clone-failure-binpac-not-found/3078/1 "2014-04-22T20:25:19Z")

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The submodule clone for binpac from [git.bro.org](http://git.bro.org) seems to be missing and  
causes a failure when synchronizing from github:

$ git clone --recursive [https://github.com/bro/bro.git](https://github.com/bro/bro.git)  
Cloning into ‘bro’...  
remote: Reusing existing pack: 57723, done.  
remote: Counting objects: 91, done.  
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (89/89), done.  
remote: Total 57814 (delta 33), reused 0 (delta 0)  
Receiving objects: 100% (57814/57814), 40.93 MiB | 175.00 KiB/s, done.  
Resolving deltas: 100% (37711/37711), done.  
Checking connectivity... done.  
Submodule ‘aux/binpac’ (git://git.bro.org/binpac) registered for path  
‘aux/binpac’  
Submodule ‘aux/bro-aux’ (git://git.bro.org/bro-aux) registered for path  
‘aux/bro-aux’  
Submodule ‘aux/broccoli’ (git://git.bro.org/broccoli) registered for  
path ‘aux/broccoli’  
Submodule ‘aux/broctl’ (git://git.bro.org/broctl) registered for path  
‘aux/broctl’  
Submodule ‘aux/btest’ (git://git.bro.org/btest) registered for path  
‘aux/btest’  
Submodule ‘cmake’ (git://git.bro.org/cmake) registered for path ‘cmake’  
Submodule ‘src/3rdparty’ (git://git.bro.org/bro-3rdparty) registered for  
path ‘src/3rdparty’  
Cloning into ‘aux/binpac’...  
fatal: repository ‘[https://git.bro.org/binpac/](https://git.bro.org/binpac/)’ not found  
Clone of ‘git://git.bro.org/binpac’ into submodule path ‘aux/binpac’ failed

Changing the .gitmodules URL to git://github.com/bro/binpac works.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/github-repository-clone-failure-binpac-not-found/3078/2 "2022-05-06T15:41:43Z")

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