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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+  pkgs.mkShell {
+    buildInputs = with pkgs.buildPackages; [
+      ansible_2_15
+      python312
+      python312Packages.python-ldap
+    ];
+  LANG="C.UTF-8";
+}