In an autotools project how do I specify the installation order of libraries?

Question

I find this issue is seen only when I am building shared libraries.

Here is the exact issue: In main.mk:

lib_LTLIBRARIES += libone.la
libone_la_LIBADD = 

In dir-one/automake.mk:

...
libone_la_LIBADD += libtwo.la
...

In dir-two/automake.mk:

...
libone_la_LIBADD += libthree.la
...

In Makefile.am:

include main.mk
include dir-one/automake.mk
include dir-two/automake.mk

While make runs fine, make install complains that linker cannot find -ltwo and -lthree.

Answer 1

So:

lib_LTLIBRARIES += libthree.la libtwo.la libone.la

should give you the right install order.