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Expand Up @@ -2198,6 +2198,7 @@ A typical stanza for a foreign library looks like
lib-version-info: 6:3:2

if os(Windows)
-- Cabal currently only supports standalone foreign libraries on Windows.
options: standalone
mod-def-file: MyForeignLib.def

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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. Currently, Cabal can only build ``standalone``
foreign libraries on Windows; a non-standalone foreign library is
rejected at configure time there.

.. pkg-field:: mod-def-file: filename

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