From ee735bfd4eda7cc51a61951e9bc86bc3771b4b05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arun Isaac
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:13:14 +0100
Subject: Build website entirely with G-expressions.

We can now build the website without any of the autotools tooling.
---
 .guix/guile-xapian-website.scm | 47 +++++++++---------------------------------
 Makefile.am                    | 13 ------------
 configure.ac                   |  3 ---
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.guix/guile-xapian-website.scm b/.guix/guile-xapian-website.scm
index 9df20a6..9944157 100644
--- a/.guix/guile-xapian-website.scm
+++ b/.guix/guile-xapian-website.scm
@@ -19,49 +19,22 @@
 
 (define-module (guile-xapian-website)
   #:use-module ((gnu packages emacs) #:select (emacs-minimal))
-  #:use-module ((guix build-system guile) #:select (%guile-build-system-modules))
   #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix profiles)
   #:use-module ((guile-xapian-package) #:select (guile-xapian)))
 
 (define guile-xapian-website-gexp
-  (let ((development-profile
-         (profile
-           (content (package->development-manifest guile-xapian)))))
-    (with-imported-modules %guile-build-system-modules
-      #~(begin
-          (use-modules (guix build guile-build-system)
-                       (guix build utils))
+  (with-imported-modules '((guix build utils))
+    #~(begin
+        (use-modules (guix build utils))
 
-          (copy-recursively #$(package-source guile-xapian)
-                            (getcwd))
-          (set-path-environment-variable
-           "PATH" (list "/bin") (list #$emacs-minimal #$development-profile))
-          (set-path-environment-variable
-           "C_INCLUDE_PATH" (list "/include") (list #$development-profile))
-          (set-path-environment-variable
-           "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH" (list "/include") (list #$development-profile))
-          (set-path-environment-variable
-           "LIBRARY_PATH" (list "/lib") (list #$development-profile))
-          (set-path-environment-variable
-           "ACLOCAL_PATH" (list "/share/aclocal") (list #$development-profile))
-          (set-path-environment-variable
-           "PKG_CONFIG_PATH" (list "/lib/pkgconfig") (list #$development-profile))
-          (set-path-environment-variable
-           "GUILE_LOAD_PATH"
-           (list (string-append "/share/guile/site/"
-                                (target-guile-effective-version)))
-           (list #$development-profile))
-          (set-path-environment-variable
-           "GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH"
-           (list (string-append "/lib/guile/" (target-guile-effective-version) "/site-ccache"))
-           (list #$development-profile))
-          (invoke "autoreconf" "--verbose" "--install" "--force")
-          (patch-shebang "configure")
-          (invoke "./configure" "CONFIG_SHELL=sh" "SHELL=sh")
-          (invoke "make" "website")
-          (copy-recursively "website" #$output)))))
+        (copy-recursively #$(package-source guile-xapian)
+                          (getcwd))
+        (invoke #$(file-append emacs-minimal "/bin/emacs")
+                "--quick" "--batch"
+                "--load" "build-aux/build-home-page.el"
+                "--funcall" "build-website")
+        (copy-recursively "website" #$output))))
 
 (define-public guile-xapian-website
   (computed-file "guile-xapian-website" guile-xapian-website-gexp))
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6d2e476..f3adbec 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ GPG = gpg
 # Prefix variables for silencing various commands. See "(automake)
 # Automake Silent Rules" for details.
 
-EMACS_GEN = $(EMACS_GEN_$(V))
-EMACS_GEN_ = $(EMACS_GEN_$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY))
-EMACS_GEN_0 = @echo "  EMACS" $@;
-EMACS_GEN_1 =
-
 GUILD_GEN = $(GUILD_GEN_$(V))
 GUILD_GEN_ = $(GUILD_GEN_$(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY))
 GUILD_GEN_0 = @echo "  GUILD   " $@;
@@ -90,11 +85,3 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(test_files) $(SOURCES) except.i xapian.i.in xapian-head.i xapian-
 
 %.asc: %
 	$(GPG) --detach-sign --armor $<
-
-# Build website
-
-website: website/index.html
-
-CLEANFILES += website/index.html
-website/index.html: README.org
-	$(EMACS_GEN)$(EMACS) -Q --batch --load build-aux/build-home-page.el --funcall build-website
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 07e5b57..ebaba78 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ZLIB], [zlib])
 # For tests
 AC_PATH_PROG([GUILE_RUN64], [guile-run64])
 
-# To build the website
-AC_PATH_PROG([EMACS], [emacs])
-
 dnl pkg-config does not output xapian include flags when the include
 dnl path is already in CPATH. See
 dnl https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/362289/why-is-pkg-config-cflags-openssl-returning-nothing-on-rhel-6-8
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