Install failure on macOS

[externl]

OS: macOS 13.2.1 (Ventura)
NPM: 9.5.0
Node: v16.13.0

❯ npm install github:zeroc-ice/npm-slice2js#3.7
(⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂⠂) ⠇ idealTree:test: sill idealTree buildDeps
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/joe/workspace/test/node_modules/slice2js
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.3.1
npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.13.0 | darwin | arm64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.6 found at "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/python3"
npm ERR! gyp info spawn /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/python3
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/joe/.asdf/installs/nodejs/16.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'make',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/joe/workspace/test/node_modules/slice2js/build/config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/joe/.asdf/installs/nodejs/16.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/Users/joe/Library/Caches/node-gyp/16.13.0/include/node/common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/Users/joe/Library/Caches/node-gyp/16.13.0',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/Users/joe/.asdf/installs/nodejs/16.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/Users/joe/Library/Caches/node-gyp/16.13.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/Users/joe/workspace/test/node_modules/slice2js',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp: mcpp/mcpp.gyp not found (cwd: /Users/joe/workspace/test/node_modules/slice2js) while loading dependencies of binding.gyp while trying to load binding.gyp
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/Users/joe/.asdf/installs/nodejs/16.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:325:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:290:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Darwin 22.3.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/Users/joe/.asdf/installs/nodejs/16.13.0/bin/node" "/Users/joe/.asdf/installs/nodejs/16.13.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /Users/joe/workspace/test/node_modules/slice2js
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.13.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.3.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/joe/.npm/_logs/2023-02-20T20_51_59_505Z-debug-0.log

[externl]

I cloned and ran npm install in npm-slice2js and it worked there. Not sure exactly where the issue is.

[pepone]

Seems the submodules are not initialized npm ERR! gyp: mcpp/mcpp.gyp not found

[externl]

Maybe this is a npm regression?

[externl]

• npm install git repos dependencies with git submodules npm/npm#6700 (comment)
• [BUG] Lost support submodules npm/cli#2774