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+FROM debian:latest
+ARG GIT_REPO_URL
+
+RUN \
+    : "${GIT_REPO_URL:?set GIT_REPO_URL to the repo git url}"
+
+RUN \
+    echo "repo url to index: ${GIT_REPO_URL}"
+
+RUN \
+  apt-get update && \
+  apt-get -y install \
+    python3 \
+    python3-jinja2 \
+    python3-pygments \
+    python3-bsddb3 \
+    exuberant-ctags \
+    perl \
+    git \
+    apache2
+
+RUN \
+  git clone https://github.com/free-electrons/elixir.git /usr/local/elixir/
+
+RUN \
+  mkdir -p /srv/elixir-data/
+
+RUN \
+  mkdir -p /srv/elixir-data/linux/repo && \
+  mkdir -p /srv/elixir-data/linux/data && \
+  git clone "${GIT_REPO_URL}" /srv/elixir-data/linux/repo/
+
+ENV LXR_REPO_DIR /srv/elixir-data/linux/repo
+ENV LXR_DATA_DIR /srv/elixir-data/linux/data
+
+RUN \
+  cd /usr/local/elixir/ && \
+  ./script.sh list-tags && \
+  ./update.py
+
+# apache elixir config, see elixir README
+# make apache less stricter about cgitb spam headers
+RUN \
+  echo PERpcmVjdG9yeSAvdXNyL2xvY2FsL2VsaXhpci9odHRwLz4KICAgIE9wdGlvbnMgK0V4ZWNDR0kKICAgIEFsbG93T3ZlcnJpZGUgTm9uZQogICAgUmVxdWlyZSBhbGwgZ3JhbnRlZAogICAgU2V0RW52IFBZVEhPTklPRU5DT0RJTkcgdXRmLTgKICAgIFNldEVudiBMWFJfUFJPSl9ESVIgL3Nydi9lbGl4aXItZGF0YQo8L0RpcmVjdG9yeT4KQWRkSGFuZGxlciBjZ2ktc2NyaXB0IC5weQo8VmlydHVhbEhvc3QgKjo4MD4KICAgIFNlcnZlck5hbWUgTVlfTE9DQUxfSVAKICAgIERvY3VtZW50Um9vdCAvdXNyL2xvY2FsL2VsaXhpci9odHRwCiAgICBSZXdyaXRlRW5naW5lIG9uCiAgICBSZXdyaXRlUnVsZSAiXi8kIiAiL2xpbnV4L2xhdGVzdC9zb3VyY2UiIFtSXQogICAgUmV3cml0ZVJ1bGUgIl4vLiovKHNvdXJjZXxpZGVudHxzZWFyY2gpIiAiL3dlYi5weSIgW1BUXQo8L1ZpcnR1YWxIb3N0Pgo= | base64 -d > /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf && \
+  echo -e "\nHttpProtocolOptions Unsafe" >> /etc/apache2/apache.conf && \
+  a2enmod cgi rewrite
+
+EXPOSE 80
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/sbin/apache2ctl", "-D", "FOREGROUND"]