how to reconfigure f2py

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 25, 2008, at 16:15, Dexter Douglas wrote:

> Adam Mercer wrote:
>
>> On Jan 25, 2008 3:04 PM, Dexter Douglas wrote:
>>
>>> I am having troubles using f2py with g95.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Would someone please tell how to reconfigure f2py?
>>
>> The short answer is that the g95 fortran compiler is
>> not supported on
>> Mac OS X as the appropriate linking flags have not
>> been implemented.
>> I've just committed r33371 which make numpy and
>> scipy depend on gcc42
>> until g95 linking is implemented in numpy.
>>
>> The longer answer is that
>> numpy/distutils/fcompiler/g95.py needs to be
>> modified (along the lines of
>> numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py) so that
>> it knows how to link on Mac OS X.  I'm looking into
>> this and hopefully
>> will be able to send a patch upstream.
>
> I have already begun to modify the linking
> flags in numpy/distutils/fcompiler/g95.py
>
> But when I rerun f2py, it uses the old flags.  I
> assume that I must rerun one of the setup.py files,
> but I am not sure which one to run or how to run it
> (setup.py, setup.py install, setup.py build, etc.)
>
> How do I reconfigure f2py so it sees my fixes?  I will
> be happy to work with you fix this problem.

I don't use this software, but I'm curious: if it compiles with the  
fortran compiler in gcc42, why expend any effort trying to make it  
work with a different fortran compiler? Why not just say "it requires  
gcc42" and be done with it?