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+[submodule "utils/python_recipe_parser"]
+	path = utils/python_recipe_parser
+	url = https://github.com/karenyyng/spack_python_package_parser
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+Subproject commit 3158074a2d74f99aa72289dfcf093b1b0ba4474e