It is a libtool-introduced dependency that now requires the library to be installed before the binary.
This dependency does not exist when libtool is not used.
Incorrect. Installing a library which a binary must be linked against this way is fundamentally non-portable. For example, on HP-UX, the embedded runtime path will be the path to the library from the build directory, not the installed library directory. So, regardless of whether or not libtool is used, order matters.
To my knowledge, Automake does not know how to build shared libraries without the assistance of libtool. Static libraries do not exhibit the library install order issues.
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