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+# trivial builder for Emacs packages
+
+{ callPackage, lib, ... }@envargs:
+
+args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix envargs ({
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    emacs -L . --batch -f batch-byte-compile *.el
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    LISPDIR=$out/share/emacs/site-lisp
+    install -d $LISPDIR
+    install *.el *.elc $LISPDIR
+    emacs --batch -l package --eval "(package-generate-autoloads \"${args.pname}\" \"$LISPDIR\")"
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+}
+
+// args)