Could not find data file data/data/abbreviations with pandoc server

[larstvei]

Hi!

I am unable to run the pandoc server successfully. I run it with:

λ pandoc server
Starting server on port 3030...

If I try to interact with it, I get the following error:

λ curl -X POST http://localhost:3030 \
           -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
           -d '{
             "text": "# Hello Pandoc",
             "from": "markdown",
             "to": "html"
           }'
Could not find data file data/data/abbreviations

I am running Pandoc installed via nix on macOS. The problem is not macOS-related, as I have reproduced the issue on Linux as well (with two different versions of Pandoc).

Here is the output of my version:

λ pandoc -v
pandoc 3.1.11.1
Features: +server +lua
Scripting engine: Lua 5.4
User data directory: /Users/larstvei/.local/share/pandoc
Copyright (C) 2006-2023 John MacFarlane. Web: https://pandoc.org
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is no
warranty, not even for merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

The user data directory is empty, which is almost certainly the issue. However, I think this is intentional, as Pandoc is configured to be built with data files embedded.

Has anyone gotten pandoc server to run with nix? Or is someone else able to reproduce this issue?

I think this is a bug, but I am not entirely sure if it should be filed as at pandoc or nixpkgs.

[jgm]

The problem does not occur with the pandoc installed using our package installer. This leads me to think it's a nix package issue, but I'm not sure what it would be...