diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "distrib/arch"]
+	path = distrib/arch
+	url = https://aur.archlinux.org/libbase.git
diff --git a/distrib/arch b/distrib/arch
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+Subproject commit 6d1505565d039297d3c43f03b54bf1c9c0575fa7