From 5375e3139c826341dc5890e81c001981d61b5017 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Bedini <andrea.bedini@tweag.io>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 11:42:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Update cabal-package.rst
---
doc/cabal-package.rst | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/cabal-package.rst b/doc/cabal-package.rst
index 9b0e970dbd..3dd8f63153 100644
--- a/doc/cabal-package.rst
+++ b/doc/cabal-package.rst
@@ -1324,6 +1324,7 @@ A typical stanza for a foreign library looks like
lib-version-info: 6:3:2
if os(Windows)
+ -- standalone *must* be used on Windows.
options: standalone
mod-def-file: MyForeignLib.def
@@ -1354,8 +1355,8 @@ A typical stanza for a foreign library looks like
have any dependencies on other (Haskell) shared libraries; without
the ``standalone`` option the generated library would have dependencies
on the Haskell runtime library (``libHSrts``), the base library
- (``libHSbase``), etc. Currently, ``standalone`` *must* be used on Windows
- and *must not* be used on any other platform.
+ (``libHSbase``), etc.
+ The ``standalone`` option *must* be used on Windows (FIXME: why? is so why is this not automatic?).
.. pkg-field:: mod-def-file: filename
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