submodules not cloning

[don17sch]

unable to clone the submodules when cloning the project

git submodule update --init --recursive
Submodule 'cpython' ([email protected]:holzschu/cpython.git) registered for path 'cpython'
Cloning into '/Volumes/MSSD/a-shell/cpython'...
[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
fatal: clone of '[email protected]:holzschu/cpython.git' into submodule path '/Volumes/MSSD/a-shell/cpython' failed
Failed to clone 'cpython'. Retry scheduled
Cloning into '/Volumes/MSSD/a-shell/cpython'...
[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.

Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
fatal: clone of '[email protected]:holzschu/cpython.git' into submodule path '/Volumes/MSSD/a-shell/cpython' failed
Failed to clone 'cpython' a second time, aborting

[holzschu]

Thank you for raising this issue. I have absolutely no idea why this is happening; it seems like an issue with github settings.

That being said, cpython is the only submodule, and cloning it won't do much: compiling it is very difficult. The compiling script needs to be adapted at each Xcode release (and it also relies on gfortran-for-arm64, which is an issue in itself).

The safe path is probably for you to remove Python dependencies (embedded frameworks and resources) and compile the project without Python.