From 46bbdad8383e84f4db7a03d5e5893c2a25ecce7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:38:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Don't allow macos builds with 'static' flag.

Closes #6771.
---
 pandoc.cabal | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pandoc.cabal b/pandoc.cabal
index 7db8f1196..180751d4d 100644
--- a/pandoc.cabal
+++ b/pandoc.cabal
@@ -683,6 +683,9 @@ executable pandoc
      build-depends:  base-compat >= 0.9
   if flag(static)
     ld-options:     -static
+    -- fully static builds are not possible on macos:
+    if os(darwin)
+      buildable:    False
   default-language: Haskell2010
   other-extensions: NoImplicitPrelude
   hs-source-dirs:  .