[f2py] Compiling hand-written extension modules

[Michael P Friedlander]

Hi Folks.

I have a hand-written extension module for a Fortran package.  This  
works great, but the accompanying hand-written makefiles are a  
nightmare to maintain.  It seems like I should be able to use some  
combination of F2PY and scipy_distutils to do all the compilation and  
linking automatically.

My first attempt was to use the Extension class in scipy_distutils to  
specify the Fortran sources and the Python extension sources (in C).   
But scipy_distutils insists on building its own wrappers to the  
Fortran subroutines.

Is there a way for me to coax scipy_distutils and F2PY to skip the  
extension-creation step, and go ahead with the compilation and linking?

Thanks for the help!
--Michael