f2py fails to link program on windows using v1.26.0 - works on earlier versions of numpy

Describe the issue:

I have an old fortran program that I access from python using f2py. I have used this successfully on both linux and windows. I have moved successfully to 1.26 on linux but get a link error (1120 unresolved externals) on windows 11. I replicated the problem using a basic fibonacci fortran program (below)

Reproduce the code example:

subroutine fib(a, n)
  use iso_c_binding
   integer(c_int), intent(in) :: n
   integer(c_int), intent(out) :: a(n)
   do i = 1, n
      if (i .eq. 1) then
         a(i) = 0.0d0
      elseif (i .eq. 2) then
         a(i) = 1.0d0
      else
         a(i) = a(i - 1) + a(i - 2)
      end if
   end do
end

Error message:

(aov) C:\fib_test>f2py -c fib1.f90 -m fib1 --backend meson
Using meson backend
Will pass --lower to f2py
See https://numpy.org/doc/stable/f2py/buildtools/meson.htmlReading fortran codes...
        Reading file 'fib1.f90' (format:free)
Post-processing...
        Block: fib1
                        Block: fib
In: :fib1:fib1.f90:fib
get_useparameters: no module iso_c_binding info used by fib
Applying post-processing hooks...
  character_backward_compatibility_hook
Post-processing (stage 2)...
Building modules...
    Building module "fib1"...
    Generating possibly empty wrappers"
    Maybe empty "fib1-f2pywrappers.f"
        Constructing wrapper function "fib"...
          a = fib(n)
    Wrote C/API module "fib1" to file ".\fib1module.c"
The Meson build system
Version: 1.2.1
Source dir: C:\Users\keith\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp679okcip
Build dir: C:\Users\keith\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp679okcip\bbdir
Build type: native build
Project name: fib1
Project version: 0.1
Fortran compiler for the host machine: ifx (intel-llvm-cl 2022.1.0)
Fortran linker for the host machine: xilink.exe xilink 2022.1.0
C compiler for the host machine: cl (msvc 19.29.30146 "Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.29.30146 for x64")
C linker for the host machine: link link 14.29.30146.0
Host machine cpu family: x86_64
Host machine cpu: x86_64
Program python3 found: YES (C:\Users\keith\anaconda3\envs\aov\python.exe)
Run-time dependency python found: YES 3.12
Build targets in project: 1

Found ninja-1.10.2 at C:\Users\keith\anaconda3\envs\aov\Library\bin\ninja.EXE
INFO: autodetecting backend as ninja
INFO: calculating backend command to run: C:\Users\keith\anaconda3\envs\aov\Library\bin\ninja.EXE -C C:/Users/keith/AppData/Local/Temp/tmp679okcip/bbdir
ninja: Entering directory `C:/Users/keith/AppData/Local/Temp/tmp679okcip/bbdir'
[4/6] Compiling Fortran object fib1.cp312-win_amd64.pyd.p/fib1-f2pywrappers.f.obj
../fib1-f2pywrappers.f: remark #5133: The input stream is empty
[6/6] Linking target fib1.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
FAILED: fib1.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
"link"  /MACHINE:x64 /OUT:fib1.cp312-win_amd64.pyd fib1.cp312-win_amd64.pyd.p/fib1.f90.obj fib1.cp312-win_amd64.pyd.p/fib1module.c.obj fib1.cp312-win_amd64.pyd.p/fib1-f2pywrappers.f.obj fib1.cp312-win_amd64.pyd.p/42bc432c09fd0a50dc493f9b8a0dabb66e5dad74_.._.._f2py_src_fortranobject.c.obj "/nologo" "/release" "/nologo" "/OPT:REF" "/DLL" "/IMPLIB:fib1.cp312-win_amd64.lib" "-shared" "C:\Users\keith\anaconda3\envs\aov\libs\python312.lib" "kernel32.lib" "user32.lib" "gdi32.lib" "winspool.lib" "shell32.lib" "ole32.lib" "oleaut32.lib" "uuid.lib" "comdlg32.lib" "advapi32.lib"
LINK : warning LNK4044: unrecognized option '/shared'; ignored
   Creating library fib1.cp312-win_amd64.lib and object fib1.cp312-win_amd64.exp
fib1module.c.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol fib_
fib1.cp312-win_amd64.pyd : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\keith\anaconda3\envs\aov\Scripts\f2py-script.py", line 10, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\keith\anaconda3\envs\aov\Lib\site-packages\numpy\f2py\f2py2e.py", line 732, in main
    run_compile()
  File "C:\Users\keith\anaconda3\envs\aov\Lib\site-packages\numpy\f2py\f2py2e.py", line 705, in run_compile
    builder.compile()
  File "C:\Users\keith\anaconda3\envs\aov\Lib\site-packages\numpy\f2py\_backends\_meson.py", line 131, in compile
    self.run_meson(self.build_dir)
  File "C:\Users\keith\anaconda3\envs\aov\Lib\site-packages\numpy\f2py\_backends\_meson.py", line 124, in run_meson
    raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['meson', 'compile', '-C', 'bbdir']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

Python and NumPy Versions:

python 3.12.3
Numpy 1.26.0

Runtime Environment:

(aov) C:\Users\keith\temp\fib_test>python -c "import numpy; print(numpy.show_runtime())"
[{'numpy_version': '1.26.0',
'python': '3.12.3 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, Apr 19 2024, '
'16:41:55) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]',
'uname': uname_result(system='Windows', node='LENNY2', release='11', version='10.0.22631', machine='AMD64')},
{'simd_extensions': {'baseline': ['SSE', 'SSE2', 'SSE3'],
'found': ['SSSE3',
'SSE41',
'POPCNT',
'SSE42',
'AVX',
'F16C',
'FMA3',
'AVX2'],
'not_found': ['AVX512F',
'AVX512CD',
'AVX512_SKX',
'AVX512_CLX',
'AVX512_CNL',
'AVX512_ICL']}},
{'filepath': 'C:\Users\keith\anaconda3\envs\aov\Library\bin\mkl_rt.2.dll',
'internal_api': 'mkl',
'num_threads': 8,
'prefix': 'mkl_rt',
'threading_layer': 'intel',
'user_api': 'blas',
'version': '2023.1-Product'}]
None

Context for the issue:

A user has upgraded to python 3.12 and cannot use our product

Start in numpy/f2py/_backends/_meson.py and reproduce the reported f2py -c fib1.f90 -m fib1 --backend meson command on Windows. Inspect the generated link command and compare it with earlier NumPy versions to identify why fib_ is unresolved; done means the Fibonacci example builds and imports successfully with NumPy 1.26.0.