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+[submodule "libmariadb"]
+	path = libmariadb
+	url = https://github.com/MariaDB/mariadb-connector-c
diff --git a/libmariadb b/libmariadb
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+Subproject commit 3e924b356fd0ea51da31e5a31bdd00b4c5c441fa