Qmake project dependencies (linked libraries)

Question

I have a project that links to a number of shared libraries.

Lets say project A depends on projects B and C

Ideally, I want to impose the following dependenc

Answer 1

I had this problem when refactoring my project, after I moved in a new DLL (pqXDot) a reusable class (from pqGraphviz).

After adding a new DLL to my project, and adding the new DLL reference to others DLL and applications that needed it, I had in main .pro:

TEMPLATE = subdirs

SUBDIRS += \
    pqConsole \
    pqConsoleTest \
    pqSource \
    pqSourceTest \
    fdqueens \
    pqGraphviz \
    pqGraphvizTest \
    pqXDot

and the rebuild caused a linker error, because pqGraphviz, the DLL being restructured, can't find pqXDot, the new DLL.

It turns out it's sufficient to reorder the SUBDIRS list, moving the required DLL before the dependent one:

SUBDIRS += \
    pqConsole \
    pqConsoleTest \
    pqSource \
    pqSourceTest \
    fdqueens \
    pqXDot \
    pqGraphviz \
    pqGraphvizTest