Revoked comments about not using -static under Windows.
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<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.
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<IndexTerm><Primary>-static option (Win32)</Primary></IndexTerm></Title>
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-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.
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