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-[submodule "packages/celest_core/third_party/glib"]
-	path = packages/celest_core/third_party/glib
-	url = https://github.com/GNOME/glib.git
-[submodule "packages/celest_core/third_party/libsecret"]
-	path = packages/celest_core/third_party/libsecret
-	url = https://github.com/GNOME/libsecret.git
diff --git a/packages/celest_core/third_party/glib b/packages/celest_core/third_party/glib
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-Subproject commit 095142f5042038d7ba3e80176f3a0a014afeb40d
diff --git a/packages/celest_core/third_party/libsecret b/packages/celest_core/third_party/libsecret
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-Subproject commit a86c93d6f9ec4b4476eff1bbb4fe01ef50f03430