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+;; What follows is a "manifest" equivalent to the command line you gave.
+;; You can store it in a file that you may then pass to any 'guix' command
+;; that accepts a '--manifest' (or '-m') option.
+
+(specifications->manifest
+  (list "gcc-toolchain"
+        "autoconf"
+        "automake"
+        "sqlite"))