i have a project that generates a bunch of arch-specific archives. i also have an intermediate archive for holding common objects (so only need to build them once). i noticed that while (ab)using LIBADD & OBJECTS variables, Automake incorrectly omits propagating OBJECTS variables from LIBADD to DEPENDENCIES if the library using the OBJECTS comes before the library defining the OBJECTS.
attaching a testcase to run against current git that triggers the bug that hopefully makes it a little clearer: * libmMID.a defines a bunch of common objects * libaFIRST.a and libzLAST.a adds libmMID.a's objects to its libadd * libaFIRST.a's dependency is *missing* the objects, but libzLAST.a has them $ ./pre-inst-env ./runtest t/ar-dep.sh ... + grep _a_DEPENDENCIES = Makefile.in libaFIRST_a_DEPENDENCIES = libzLAST_a_DEPENDENCIES = $(libmMID_a_OBJECTS) + grep ^libzLAST_a_DEPENDENCIES = $(libmMID_a_OBJECTS) Makefile.in libzLAST_a_DEPENDENCIES = $(libmMID_a_OBJECTS) + grep ^libaFIRSTT_a_DEPENDENCIES = $(libmMID_a_OBJECTS) Makefile.in + am_exit_trap 1 ... -mike
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