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-[submodule "binary"]
-	path = binary
-	url = git://github.com/owncloud/owncloud-client-binary.git
-[submodule "src/3rdparty/libcrashreporter-qt"]
-	path = src/3rdparty/libcrashreporter-qt
-	url = git://github.com/dschmidt/libcrashreporter-qt.git
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/libcrashreporter-qt b/src/3rdparty/libcrashreporter-qt
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-Subproject commit 5423c0ef54f99cea2628c2cb3f48e39e215f9961