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

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
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@
         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") && (strcmp(getenv("GS_GENERATE_UUIDS"), "0") == 0 || strcmp(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));
@@ -719,15 +719,18 @@
             pdf_xml_tag_close(s, "rdf:Description");
             pdf_xml_newline(s);
 
-            pdf_xml_tag_open_beg(s, "rdf:Description");
-            pdf_xml_attribute_name(s, "rdf:about");
-            pdf_xml_attribute_value(s, instance_uuid);
-            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") || (strcmp(getenv("GS_GENERATE_UUIDS"), "0") != 0 && strcmp(getenv("GS_GENERATE_UUIDS"), "no") != 0))
+            {
+                pdf_xml_tag_open_beg(s, "rdf:Description");
+                pdf_xml_attribute_name(s, "rdf:about");
+                pdf_xml_attribute_value(s, instance_uuid);
+                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_attribute_name(s, "rdf:about");