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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/packages.rst b/docs/users_guide/packages.rst index 2d515ee8e4..9c57171aeb 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/packages.rst +++ b/docs/users_guide/packages.rst @@ -1449,3 +1449,23 @@ The allowed fields, with their types, are: HTML for this package. .. [1] it used to in GHC 6.4, but not since 6.6 + + +.. _system-cxx-std-lib: + +Linking against C++ libraries +----------------------------- + +.. index:: + single: system-cxx-std-lib + single: packages; system-cxx-std-lib + single: C++; linking + +Use of C++ libraries requires that the user link against the host +system's C++ standard library. As the configuration necessary to +achieve this is generally quite platform-dependent, GHC provides a +built-in package, ``system-cxx-std-lib``. This package captures the +configuration necessary for linking against the C++ standard library +and can be used via the :ghc-flag:`-package ⟨pkg⟩` flag or the Cabal +``build-depends`` field to link code against the C++ standard +library. |