diff --git a/repo/file/build b/repo/file/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b58b9857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/file/build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure \
+--prefix=/usr
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/repo/file/checksums b/repo/file/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edaf4463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/file/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e9c13967f7dd339a3c241b7710ba093560b9a33013491318e88e6b8b57bae07f  file-5.37.tar.gz
diff --git a/repo/file/depends b/repo/file/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f22003e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/file/depends
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zlib
diff --git a/repo/file/sources b/repo/file/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4185d7f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/file/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.37.tar.gz
diff --git a/repo/file/version b/repo/file/version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..195746ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/file/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5.37 1
diff --git a/repo/make/build b/repo/make/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6daf22f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/make/build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/repo/make/checksums b/repo/make/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92e5ce41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/make/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d6e262bf3601b42d2b1e4ef8310029e1dcf20083c5446b4b7aa67081fdffc589  make-4.2.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/repo/make/depends b/repo/make/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf4fb895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/make/depends
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+guile make
diff --git a/repo/make/sources b/repo/make/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a32d60b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/make/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-4.2.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/repo/make/version b/repo/make/version
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index 00000000..6b405ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo/make/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4.2.1 1