From c9e856b37189a611e157f1174645a368a7fcf47e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jürgen Knödlseder <jurgen.knodlseder@irap.omp.eu>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 23:16:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add https certificate verification switch-off information to download page.

---
 doc/source/download.rst | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/source/download.rst b/doc/source/download.rst
index 4ecac75..226ea21 100644
--- a/doc/source/download.rst
+++ b/doc/source/download.rst
@@ -89,13 +89,27 @@ To clone the gammalib and ctools source codes, type
    $ git clone https://cta-git.irap.omp.eu/gammalib
    $ git clone https://cta-git.irap.omp.eu/ctools
   
-This will create directories named gammalib and ctools under the current working
-directory that will contain the gammalib and ctools source code. Before you are able
-to compile the code you need to generate the configuration file using the 
-``autogen.sh`` script. Also make sure that you're actually on the devel branch of the git
-repository. GammaLib and ctools can be compiled using the following 
-command sequence (the code will be installed into the ``/usr/local/gamma`` 
-directory):
+This will create directories named gammalib and ctools under the current
+working directory that will contain the gammalib and ctools source code.
+In case that the cloning does not work you may try adding
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true
+
+or
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   $ git config --global http.sslverify "false"
+
+before retrieving the code.
+Before you will be able to compile the code you need to generate the
+configuration file using the ``autogen.sh`` script.
+Also make sure that you're actually on the devel branch of the git
+repository. GammaLib and ctools can be compiled and configured using
+the following command sequence (the code will be installed into the 
+``/usr/local/gamma`` directory):
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -108,8 +122,7 @@ directory):
    $ sudo make install
    $ export GAMMALIB=/usr/local/gamma
    $ source $GAMMALIB/bin/gammalib-init.sh
-   $ cd ..
-   $ cd ctools
+   $ cd ../ctools
    $ git checkout devel
    $ ./autogen.sh
    $ ./configure
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