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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 "sbcl" "sbcl-lla" "sbcl-plump" "sbcl-dexador" "sbcl-lquery" "sbcl-array-operations" "sbcl-alexandria"))