From c53f963c1e543546d1139d841ff1fc4f64f17be1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Simons <simons@cryp.to>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 12:02:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cabal-install: link top-level variant of this tool statically

The advantage is that the closure no longer depends on the version of
GHC that was used to compile the tool.
---
 pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f4f4e12dbd7b..edb0e489a773 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4426,8 +4426,10 @@ in
     overrides = config.haskellPackageOverrides or (self: super: {});
   };
 
-  inherit (self.haskellPackages) ghc cabal-install;
+  inherit (self.haskellPackages) ghc;
 
+  cabal-install = haskell.lib.disableSharedExecutables haskellPackages.cabal-install;
+   
   stack = haskell.lib.overrideCabal haskellPackages.stack (drv: {
     enableSharedExecutables = false;
     isLibrary = false;