Implement searching for tool installations.

Author: Elemecca

Diff for: Modules/MicrochipPathSearch.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#=============================================================================
+# Copyright 2016 Sam Hanes
+#
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
+# see accompanying file COPYING.txt for details.
+#
+# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the License for more information.
+#=============================================================================
+# (To distribute this file outside of CMake-Microchip,
+#  substitute the full License text for the above reference.)
+
+function(MICROCHIP_PATH_SEARCH outvar target)
+    set(options)
+    list(APPEND oneValueArgs "CACHE")
+    set(multiValueArgs BAD_VERSIONS)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(SEARCH
+        "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}"
+        ${ARGN}
+    )
+
+    if(SEARCH_CACHE)
+        set(${outvar} "" CACHE PATH "${SEARCH_CACHE}")
+        if(${outvar})
+            if(EXISTS "${${outvar}}")
+                set(${outvar} "${${outvar}}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            else()
+                message(FATAL_ERROR
+                    "given path '${${outvar}}' does not exist"
+                    " in ${outvar} (${SEARCH_CACHE})"
+                )
+                set(${outvar} "${outvar}-NOTFOUND" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            endif()
+            return()
+        endif()
+    endif()
+
+    set(MICROCHIP_SEARCH_PATH ""
+        CACHE STRING "the search path for Microchip tool installations"
+    )
+
+    if(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM MATCHES "Linux")
+        list(APPEND MICROCHIP_SEARCH_PATH /opt/microchip)
+    elseif(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM MATCHES "Windows")
+        list(APPEND MICROCHIP_SEARCH_PATH
+            "C:/Program Files/Microchip"
+            "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microchip"
+        )
+    endif()
+
+    set(candidate_paths)
+    foreach(path ${MICROCHIP_SEARCH_PATH})
+        if(IS_DIRECTORY "${path}/${target}")
+            list(APPEND candidate_paths "${path}/${target}")
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
+
+    set(best_good_path)
+    set(best_good_version)
+    set(best_bad_path)
+    set(best_bad_version)
+
+    set(msg "\nSearching for Microchip tool '${target}' (${outvar}):")
+
+    foreach(path ${candidate_paths})
+        file(GLOB versions RELATIVE "${path}" "${path}/v*")
+        foreach(version_path ${versions})
+            string(REGEX REPLACE "^v" "" version "${version_path}")
+
+            set(type good)
+            if(${version} IN_LIST SEARCH_BAD_VERSIONS)
+                set(type bad)
+            endif()
+
+            string(APPEND msg
+                "\n    ${type} ${version} = ${path}/${version_path}"
+            )
+
+            if(NOT best_${type}_version
+                    OR version VERSION_GREATER best_${type}_version)
+                set(best_${type}_version "${version}")
+                set(best_${type}_path "${path}/${version_path}")
+            endif()
+        endforeach()
+    endforeach()
+
+    if(best_good_path)
+        set(result "${best_good_path}")
+    elseif(best_bad_path)
+        set(result "${best_bad_path}")
+
+        message(WARNING
+            "Version ${best_bad_version} of ${target} is known"
+            " to be problematic. If you encounter issues, set"
+            " ${outvar} to a different version."
+        )
+    else()
+        set(result "${outvar}-NOTFOUND")
+    endif()
+
+    string(APPEND msg
+        "\n  Best good version: ${best_good_version}"
+        "\n  Best bad  version: ${best_bad_version}"
+        "\n  Chose: ${result}"
+    )
+    file(APPEND
+        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeOutput.log"
+        "${msg}\n\n"
+    )
+
+    if(SEARCH_CACHE)
+        set(${outvar} "${result}"
+            CACHE PATH "${SEARCH_CACHE}" FORCE
+        )
+    endif()
+    set(${outvar} "${result}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()

Diff for: Modules/Platform/MicrochipMCU-C-XC16.cmake

@@ -14,16 +14,17 @@
 # this module is called by `Platform/MicrochipMCU-C`
 # to provide information specific to the XC16 compiler
 
-
-# set the (default) path to XC16
-set(MICROCHIP_XC16_PATH "/opt/microchip/xc16/v1.25"
-    CACHE PATH "the path at which Microchip XC16 is installed"
+include(MicrochipPathSearch)
+MICROCHIP_PATH_SEARCH(MICROCHIP_XC16_PATH xc16
+    CACHE "the path to a Microchip XC16 installation"
+    BAD_VERSIONS 1.26
 )
 
-# validate the XC16 path
-if(NOT EXISTS ${MICROCHIP_XC16_PATH})
+if(NOT MICROCHIP_XC16_PATH)
     message(FATAL_ERROR
-        "XC16 path '${XC16_PATH}' does not exist"
+        "No Microchip XC16 compiler was found. Please provide the path"
+        " to an XC16 installation on the command line, for example:\n"
+        "cmake -DMICROCHIP_XC16_PATH=/opt/microchip/xc16/v1.25 ."
     )
 endif()