This topic is rather old, and I'm referring to a particular post which
can be found here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg03642.html
Obviously it isn't possible to link a static lib from a shared lib
compiled in libtool as libtool blocks it (technically it would be
possible on many, but not all platforms). This affects all platforms
including Windows, not just Mac OS X.
Robert Boehne suggested some solutions to this:
> Suggestion 1, you could link to shared libraries rather than archives.
>Suggestion 2, if you're building it yourself, make the static libs
>convenience libraries, this will have the same effect as linking to
static libs, but is portable.