Build failure: syslinux.src

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Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. nix-build . -A syslinux.src

Build log

checking outputs of '/nix/store/2isl33zbmfwc1wphrh2q7x613kphjz62-syslinux-b404870.drv'...
exporting https://repo.or.cz/syslinux (rev b40487005223a78c3bb4c300ef6c436b3f6ec1f7) into /nix/store/fx3kgvhax8rafs1ns6sg7rjzblvfg3wp-syslinux-b404870
Initialized empty Git repository in /nix/store/fx3kgvhax8rafs1ns6sg7rjzblvfg3wp-syslinux-b404870/.git/
error: Server does not allow request for unadvertised object b40487005223a78c3bb4c300ef6c436b3f6ec1f7
remote: Counting objects: 51885, done.
remote: Total 51885 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0).20 MiB/s
Receiving objects: 100% (51885/51885), 20.65 MiB | 1.21 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (38787/38787), done.
From https://repo.or.cz/syslinux
 * [new branch]        3.5x                     -> origin/3.5x
 * [new branch]        3.6x                     -> origin/3.6x
 (...)
* [new tag]           syslinux-6.04-pre2       -> syslinux-6.04-pre2
 * [new tag]           syslinux-6.04-pre3       -> syslinux-6.04-pre3
 * [new tag]           syslinux-elf-test-1      -> syslinux-elf-test-1
 * [new tag]           syslinux-init            -> syslinux-init
 * [new tag]           syslinux.1.31            -> syslinux.1.31
Switched to a new branch 'fetchgit'
Submodule 'gnu-efi' (git://git.code.sf.net/p/gnu-efi/code) registered for path 'gnu-efi'
Cloning into '/nix/store/fx3kgvhax8rafs1ns6sg7rjzblvfg3wp-syslinux-b404870/gnu-efi'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 229, done.        
remote: Counting objects: 100% (229/229), done.        
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (225/225), done.        
remote: Total 229 (delta 53), reused 39 (delta 2)        B/s
Receiving objects: 100% (229/229), 236.84 KiB | 433.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (53/53), done.
remote: Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
remote: Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
fatal: bad object d34132e62f666904158c7ec2f1eef5a9d5281c36
error: remote did not send all necessary objects
fatal: Fetched in submodule path 'gnu-efi', but it did not contain d34132e62f666904158c7ec2f1eef5a9d5281c36. Direct fetching of that commit failed.
remote: Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
fatal: bad object d34132e62f666904158c7ec2f1eef5a9d5281c36
error: git://git.code.sf.net/p/gnu-efi/code did not send all necessary objects

fatal: Fetched in submodule path 'gnu-efi', but it did not contain d34132e62f666904158c7ec2f1eef5a9d5281c36. Direct fetching of that commit failed.
error: builder for '/nix/store/2isl33zbmfwc1wphrh2q7x613kphjz62-syslinux-b404870.drv' failed with exit code 128;
       last 10 log lines:
       > remote: Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
       > remote: Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
       > fatal: bad object d34132e62f666904158c7ec2f1eef5a9d5281c36
       > error: remote did not send all necessary objects
       > fatal: Fetched in submodule path 'gnu-efi', but it did not contain d34132e62f666904158c7ec2f1eef5a9d5281c36. Direct fetching of that commit failed.
       > remote: Total 0 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
       > fatal: bad object d34132e62f666904158c7ec2f1eef5a9d5281c36
       > error: git://git.code.sf.net/p/gnu-efi/code did not send all necessary objects
       >
       > fatal: Fetched in submodule path 'gnu-efi', but it did not contain d34132e62f666904158c7ec2f1eef5a9d5281c36. Direct fetching of that commit failed.
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/2isl33zbmfwc1wphrh2q7x613kphjz62-syslinux-b404870.drv'.

Additional context

The src is:

# This is syslinux-6.04-pre3^1; syslinux-6.04-pre3 fails to run.
  # Same issue here https://www.syslinux.org/archives/2019-February/026330.html
  src = fetchgit {
    url = "https://repo.or.cz/syslinux";
    rev = "b40487005223a78c3bb4c300ef6c436b3f6ec1f7";
    sha256 = "sha256-GqvRTr9mA2yRD0G0CF11x1X0jCgqV4Mh+tvE0/0yjqk=";
    fetchSubmodules = true;
  };

We tried to use gnu-efi from nixpkgs in #317030, but that made

nix-build . -A nixosTests.boot.biosCdrom

fail. I guess that happened due to one of the commits between b40487005223a78c3bb4c300ef6c436b3f6ec1f7 and 05ac953c23f90b2328d393f7eecde96e41aed067 (which is the latest commit on https://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/shortlog/refs/heads/master)

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