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+[submodule "cmake"]
+	path = cmake
+	url = https://system@scm.trinitydesktop.org/scm/git/tde-common-cmake
diff --git a/cmake b/cmake
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+Subproject commit 5121b9a41d671dbaf7350c349d246793d8d8a4e2