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-# This is intended to be used as the shell-file for the stack configuration.
-# It sets up the non-Haskell parts of the stack build environment.
-{ ghc }:
-let
-  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { };
-  # Get our Ristretto bindings.
-  libchallenge_bypass_ristretto = pkgs.callPackage ./nix/challenge-bypass-ristretto.nix { };
-in
-  # This is what you're supposed to call in a stack shell-file.  I don't
-  # *really* know what it does but I know it works...
-  pkgs.haskell.lib.buildStackProject {
-    inherit ghc;
-    name = "PrivacyPass";
-    # zlib is a common dependency of many of our dependencies.  and we put our
-    # ristretto library in as well.
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.zlib libchallenge_bypass_ristretto ];
-  }