The patch below is tested on armel and mipsel. cu Adrian
--- pandoc-2.9.1.1/debian/rules 2020-07-16 18:12:12.000000000 +0300 +++ pandoc-2.9.1.1/debian/rules 2020-07-16 18:13:21.000000000 +0300 @@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ DEB_SETUP_GHC_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --ghc-options="+RTS -V0 -RTS" # Reduce compile-time memory utilization on low-memory architectures -ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_BUILD_ARCH),armel armhf mips mipsel)) -DEB_SETUP_GHC_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --ghc-options="-optc--param -optcggc-min-expand=5" +ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),armel armhf hppa mips mipsel)) +DEB_SETUP_GHC_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --ghc-options="-optc--param -optcggc-min-expand=10 -O0" endif DEB_ENABLE_TESTS = yes