fortran: do not link Fortran libs with unnecessary libraries #12458
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Fortran libraries do not need to be linked with PMIx, hwloc nor libevent. That can cause some issues with incompatible flags are pulled from the .la files.
For example, when the NAG Fortran compiler is used, libmpi_mpifh_sizeof.la pulls the -pthread flag, that is translated into -Wl,-pthread.
Then when libmpi_mpifh.la is linked with gcc but pulls -Wl,-pthread that causes the build to fail since -pthread is not a valid ld option. Not depending on these libraries is enough to avoid the above issue.
Refs #12413
Thanks to Matthew Thompson for reporting this issue and helping with the diagnostic.