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+# On Windows MSVC, statically link the C runtime so that the resulting EXE does
+# not depend on the vcruntime DLL.
+[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]
+[target.i686-pc-windows-msvc]
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+crt-static"]