make[3]: Entering directory `/home/uartie/Work/wayland/build/wit/test/test-runner'
/usr/bin/mkdir -p '/home/uartie/Work/wayland/install/lib'
/bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=install /home/uartie/Work/wayland/scripts/install-wrap lib-test-runner.la lib-test-helpers.la '/home/uartie/Work/wayland/install/lib'
libtool: install: warning: relinking `lib-test-runner.la'
libtool: install: (cd /home/uartie/Work/wayland/build/wit/test/test-runner; /bin/sh /home/uartie/Work/wayland/build/wit/libtool --tag CC --mode=relink gcc -I/home/uartie/Work/wayland/install/include -I/home/uartie/Work/wayland/install/include -g3 -O0 -L/home/uartie/Work/wayland/install/lib -o lib-test-runner.la -rpath /home/uartie/Work/wayland/install/lib test-runner.lo lib-test-helpers.la -L/home/uartie/Work/wayland/install/lib -lwayland-client -L/home/uartie/Work/wayland/install/lib -lwayland-server -ldl )
libtool: relink: gcc -shared -fPIC -DPIC .libs/test-runner.o -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/home/uartie/Work/wayland/install/lib -L/home/uartie/Work/wayland/install/lib -l-test-helpers -lwayland-client -lwayland-server -lffi -lrt -lm -ldl -O0 -Wl,-soname -Wl,lib-test-runner.so.0 -o .libs/lib-test-runner.so.0.0.0
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l-test-helpers
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
error: status 1 from /usr/lib64/ccache/gcc
libtool: install: error: relink `lib-test-runner.la' with the above command before installing it
make[3]: *** [install-libLTLIBRARIES] Error 1
My first guess would be the "lib-" is bad naming scheme to use with autotools... err relink step strips "lib" from name and then '-l-test-helpers' confuses ld.