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+# TODO: switch to uniworx registry debian image
+FROM debian:12.5
+
+ARG dev=-dev
+
+RUN apt-get -y update
+
+RUN apt-get -y install haskell-stack
+RUN apt-get -y install libghc-zlib-dev libpq-dev
+
+RUN make -- --backend-build${dev}
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