This patch makes the UUIDs in the XMP header optional, depending on the
setting of the environment variable GS_GENERATE_UUIDS.

If the environment variable GS_GENERATE_UUIDS is set to "0" or "no", it will
not write out the Document UUID field and also will write the Instance ID
field value as "".

Upstream does not want to do this.

See: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698208
diff -ur orig/gnu-ghostscript-9.14.0/devices/vector/gdevpdfe.c aa/gnu-ghostscript-9.14.0/devices/vector/gdevpdfe.c
--- orig/gnu-ghostscript-9.14.0/devices/vector/gdevpdfe.c	2017-07-09 23:30:28.960479189 +0200
+++ gnu-ghostscript-9.14.0/devices/vector/gdevpdfe.c	2017-07-10 01:04:12.252478276 +0200
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@
         return code;
 
     /* PDF/A XMP reference recommends setting UUID to empty. If not empty must be a URI */
-    if (pdev->PDFA != 0)
+    if (pdev->PDFA != 0 || (getenv("GS_GENERATE_UUIDS") && (strcasecmp(getenv("GS_GENERATE_UUIDS"), "0") == 0 || strcasecmp(getenv("GS_GENERATE_UUIDS"), "no") == 0)))
         instance_uuid[0] = 0x00;
 
     cre_date_time_len = pdf_get_docinfo_item(pdev, "/CreationDate", cre_date_time, sizeof(cre_date_time));
@@ -720,14 +720,17 @@
             pdf_xml_tag_close(s, "rdf:Description");
             pdf_xml_newline(s);
 
-            pdf_xml_tag_open_beg(s, "rdf:Description");
-            pdf_xml_copy(s, " rdf:about=\"\"");
-            pdf_xml_attribute_name(s, "xmlns:xapMM");
-            pdf_xml_attribute_value(s, "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/");
-            pdf_xml_attribute_name(s, "xapMM:DocumentID");
-            pdf_xml_attribute_value(s, document_uuid);
-            pdf_xml_tag_end_empty(s);
-            pdf_xml_newline(s);
+            if (!getenv("GS_GENERATE_UUIDS") || (strcasecmp(getenv("GS_GENERATE_UUIDS"), "0") != 0 && strcasecmp(getenv("GS_GENERATE_UUIDS"), "no") != 0))
+            {
+                pdf_xml_tag_open_beg(s, "rdf:Description");
+                pdf_xml_copy(s, " rdf:about=\"\"");
+                pdf_xml_attribute_name(s, "xmlns:xapMM");
+                pdf_xml_attribute_value(s, "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/");
+                pdf_xml_attribute_name(s, "xapMM:DocumentID");
+                pdf_xml_attribute_value(s, document_uuid);
+                pdf_xml_tag_end_empty(s);
+                pdf_xml_newline(s);
+            }
 
             pdf_xml_tag_open_beg(s, "rdf:Description");
             pdf_xml_copy(s, " rdf:about=\"\"");
 class='content'><table class='list nowrap'><tr class='nohover'><th class='left'>Age</th><th class='left'>Commit message (<a href='/guix/log/gnu/bootloader/depthcharge.scm?id=debcc760e892a6cfbc3b936e4557ac3807253fb2&amp;showmsg=1'>Expand</a>)</th><th class='left'>Author</th></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2020-05-20 08:30:35 -0400'>2020-05-20</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/bootloader/depthcharge.scm?id=b460ba7992a0b4af2ddb5927dcf062784539ef7b'>bootloader: grub: Allow booting from a Btrfs subvolume.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* gnu/bootloader/grub.scm (strip-mount-point): Remove procedure.
(normalize-file): Add procedure.
(grub-configuration-file): New BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME parameter.  When
defined, prepend its value to the kernel and initrd file names, using the
NORMALIZE-FILE procedure.  Adjust the call to EYE-CANDY to pass the
BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME argument.  Normalize the KEYMAP file as well.
(eye-candy): Add a BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME parameter, and use it, along with
the NORMALIZE-FILE procedure, to normalize the FONT-FILE and IMAGE nested
variables.  Adjust doc.
* gnu/bootloader/depthcharge.scm (depthcharge-configuration-file): Adapt.
* gnu/bootloader/extlinux.scm (extlinux-configuration-file): Likewise.
* gnu/system/file-systems.scm (btrfs-subvolume?)
(btrfs-store-subvolume-file-name): New procedures.
* gnu/system.scm (operating-system-bootcfg): Specify the Btrfs
subvolume file name the store resides on to the
`operating-system-bootcfg' procedure, using the new
BTRFS-SUBVOLUME-FILE-NAME argument.
* doc/guix.texi (File Systems): Add a Btrfs subsection to document the use of
subvolumes.
* gnu/tests/install.scm (%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os)
(%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os-source)
(%btrfs-root-on-subvolume-installation-script)
(%test-btrfs-root-on-subvolume-os): New variables.
</span></span></td><td>Maxim Cournoyer</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2019-04-03 18:21:42 +0200'>2019-04-03</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/bootloader/depthcharge.scm?id=96c90474c0cbfe88d1dccb9cb52a0f1b3a1505e7'>gnu: Add configuration for depthcharge bootloader.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* gnu/bootloader/depthcharge: New file.
* gnu/local.mk [GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES]: Adjust accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès &lt;ludo@gnu.org&gt;
</span></span></td><td>Timothy Sample</td></tr>