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Q61613: /Lp, /Lr, and /Lc Functions Are Documented Incorrectly

Article: Q61613
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00   | 6.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 29-MAY-1990

In Section 14.2.1, "The Link Mode Options /Lp, /Lr, and /Lc," on Page
353 of the "Microsoft C Advanced Programming Techniques" manual, it
incorrectly states the following:

   When you use the /Lx options, you instruct the compiler to override
   the default library name in the object module's library search
   record and to substitute the mode-specific combined library name.

The correct function of the /Lx options is to simply change the
library options that CL sends to the linker.

For instance, if you call CL.EXE with /Lr, the following link options
will be passed to the linker:

   /NOD:xLIBCE.LIB xLIBCER.LIB

Note that "x" is a letter indicating the memory model. The /Lx options
have no effect on the compiler portion of the CL program.

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