ID Number: Q47503
5.00 5.10 | 5.10
MS-DOS | OS/2
Summary:
When using the Microsoft C Compiler versions 5.0 and 5.1, and the
Microsoft QuickC compiler versions 1.0 and 1.01, setting an
environment variable called LINK equal to any linker switch(es) will
have no effect when compiling.
More Information:
Before CL spawns the linker, it clears the environment of all
variables except LIB. Consequently, the LINK environment variable
doesn't exist when the linker is invoked, and any options that were
specified by it are not seen. When linking with CL, any desired linker
options should be specified on the CL command line after the /link
switch.
This behavior was corrected in C version 6.0 and QuickC version 2.0.
Additional reference words: 5.00 5.10 1.00 2.00 6.00