Linking with static libraries

[Herr Fieldmarshall]

Hello,

I've 2 static libraries (let's say libx.a and liby.a) and an executable
(let's call it exe). exe only makes calls to liby.a but liby.a makes calls
implemented in libx.a

In my Makefile.am files for liby.a I added liby_a_LIBADD = $(path_to_libx.a)
and in the Makefile.am I added a exe_LDADD = $(path_to_libx_a)
$(path_to_liby_a)

Nevertheless I still get Link-errors for the functions called in libx from
liby...