fix link

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tests/apis/clone_target/test.lua b/tests/apis/clone_target/test.lua
index a4a38b0ce..83c0a9546 100644
--- a/tests/apis/clone_target/test.lua
+++ b/tests/apis/clone_target/test.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 function main()
-    os.exec("xmake")
+    os.exec("xmake -vD")
 end
diff --git a/xmake/core/base/private/instance_deps.lua b/xmake/core/base/private/instance_deps.lua
index 535b2d2bb..2473a4c3f 100644
--- a/xmake/core/base/private/instance_deps.lua
+++ b/xmake/core/base/private/instance_deps.lua
@@ -32,11 +32,19 @@ local table = require("base/table")
 --
 -- a.deps = b
 -- b.deps = c
+-- foo.deps = a d
 --
--- orderdeps: c -> b -> a
+-- orderdeps: c -> b -> d -> a -> foo
+--
+-- if they're target, their links order is reverse(orderdeps), e.g. foo-> a -> d -> b -> c
 --
 function instance_deps.load_deps(instance, instances, deps, orderdeps, depspath)
-    for _, dep in ipairs(table.wrap(instance:get("deps"))) do
+    local deps = table.wrap(instance:get("deps"))
+    local total = #deps
+    for idx, _ in ipairs(deps) do
+        -- we reverse to get the flat dependencies in order to ensure the correct linking order
+        -- @see https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake/issues/3144
+        local dep = deps[total + 1 - idx]
         local depinst = instances[dep]
         if depinst then
             local depspath_sub
@@ -75,3 +83,4 @@ end
 
 -- return module
 return instance_deps
+