Do convenience libraries propagate -R linker flags?

[Rhys Ulerich]

Sort of an odd question at the intersection of automake and libtool...

I've got a convenience library where the LDFLAGS includes -R:
    noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libsomething.la
    ...
    libsomething_la_LDFLAGS = -Rsomewhere
and I indeed see "-Rsomewhere" appear within libsomething.la's dependency_libs
line the way I expect.

In another directory, I build a program depending on libsomething.la
    bin_PROGRAMS = myprog
    myprog_LDADD = ../lib/libsomething.la
and then issue 'make install' to install it.

After installation, I'm not seeing '-Rsomething' appear within the installed
binary's rpath according to 'readelf -d myprog'. 'ldd myprog' issued after
emptying my LD_LIBRARY_PATH confirms that -Rsomething isn't present.

Should I expect -R flags provided at convenience library creation time to be
propagated to an installed binary which uses that convenience library?  If
not, I'll stop trying.  If so, I'll see if I can get a recreate for what
I'm observing.

Thanks,
Rhys