[project @ 2000-08-18 10:50:37 by rrt]

Revoked comments about not using -static under Windows.

ghc/docs/users_guide/using.sgml

@@ -2697,7 +2697,7 @@ Where to find user-supplied libraries…  Prepend the directory
 <ListItem>
 <Para>
 <IndexTerm><Primary>-static option</Primary></IndexTerm>
-Tell the linker to avoid shared libraries. <Emphasis>This option should not be used under Windows</Emphasis>.
+Tell the linker to avoid shared libraries.
 </Para>
 </ListItem>
 </VarListEntry>

ghc/docs/users_guide/win32-dlls.sgml

@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ will give you a binary as before, but the <Filename>main.exe</Filename> generate
 <IndexTerm><Primary>-static option (Win32)</Primary></IndexTerm></Title>
 
 <Para>
-This is no longer supported, and probably doesn't work; but if you want to build an executable that doesn't depend on any ghc-compiled DLLs, use the <Option>-static</Option> option to link in the code statically.
+If you want to build an executable that doesn't depend on any
+ghc-compiled DLLs, use the <Option>-static</Option> option to link in
+the code statically.
 </Para>
 
 <Para>