gnu: ghc-pandoc-types: Avoid embedding spurious references.

* gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm (ghc-pandoc-types)[arguments]: Add build phase
"create-simple-paths-module" to prevent retaining unnecessary references.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
index 3503b783d7..3cf6a9f02b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haskell-xyz.scm
@@ -8896,6 +8896,26 @@ suitable for inclusion in pandoc YAML metadata.")
                (base32
                 "1d6ygq991ddria71l7hg9yd7lq94sjy4m71rdws1v8hq943c4d0q"))))
     (build-system haskell-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         ;; None of the directory names are actually used.  By generating a
+         ;; simpler module without references to store names we avoid
+         ;; introducing references in the pandoc executable.
+         (add-after 'unpack 'create-simple-paths-module
+           (lambda _
+             (call-with-output-file "Paths_pandoc_types.hs"
+               (lambda (port)
+                 (format port "\
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NoRebindableSyntax #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-missing-import-lists #-}
+module Paths_pandoc_types (version) where
+import Data.Version (Version(..))
+version :: Version
+version = Version [~a] []
+" (string-map (lambda (chr) (if (eq? chr #\.) #\, chr)) ,version))))
+             #t)))))
     (inputs
      `(("ghc-syb" ,ghc-syb)
        ("ghc-aeson" ,ghc-aeson)