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specify a list of file names to feed to the minifier.
@end defvr
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} mozilla-build-system
+This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system mozilla)}. It
+sets the @code{--target} and @code{--host} configuration flags to what
+software developed by Mozilla expects -- due to historical reasons,
+Mozilla software expects @code{--host} to be the system that is
+cross-compiled from and @code{--target} to be the system that is
+cross-compiled to, contrary to the standard Autotools conventions.
+@end defvr
+
@defvr {Scheme Variable} ocaml-build-system
This variable is exported by @code{(guix build-system ocaml)}. It implements
a build procedure for @uref{https://ocaml.org, OCaml} packages, which consists