Force linking a static library into a shared one with Libtool

Question

I have a library (libfoo) that is compiled using libtool into two objects: libfoo.a and libfoo.so.

I have to create, using libtool

Answer 1

You could probably use a convenience library. Convenience libraries are intermediate static libraries which are not installed. You could use the prefix noinst to build one.

noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libfoo_impl.la

lib_LTLIBRARIES = libfoo.la libbar.la
libfoo_la_LIBADD = libfoo_impl.la
libbar_la_LIBADD = libfoo_impl.la