<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would have preferred that build system would see > > myprogram_DEPENDENCIES = libmylibrary.a > > and automatically known to build library FIRST.
Why don't you use myprogram_LDADD = libmylibrary.a ? I'm not able to reproduce your problem. Can you tell us what version of automake you're running and show us a minimal example that shows the problem?