make test with a program that dlopen()s a shared lib "peer"

[Jack Andrews]

i want to use the usual sequence of

  autoreconf --install
  ./configure
  make
  make test
  make install

but my program dlopen()s a lib which
i find here:
   .libs/libj.so

i've read that shared objects are hidden in
.libs for a reason and that they should be
installed prior to use.

if this is the case, how can i run tests
"legally", before installing the .libs/libj.so ?

thanks,


jack