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+# Extracting the subdirectories from a given folder
+# 
+# Usage:
+# SUBDIRLIST( SUBDIRS "path/to/base/dir" )
+#
+# Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7787823/cmake-how-to-get-the-name-of-all-subdirectories-of-a-directory
+
+MACRO(SUBDIRLIST result curdir)
+  FILE(GLOB children RELATIVE ${curdir} ${curdir}/*)
+  SET(dirlist "")
+  FOREACH(child ${children})
+    IF(IS_DIRECTORY ${curdir}/${child})
+        SET(dirlist ${dirlist} ${child})
+    ENDIF()
+  ENDFOREACH()
+  SET(${result} ${dirlist})
+ENDMACRO()
+
+# Search packages for host system instead of packages for target system
+# in case of cross compilation thess macro should be defined by toolchain file
+# adopted from OpenCV
+if(NOT COMMAND find_host_package)
+  macro(find_host_package)
+    find_package(${ARGN})
+  endmacro()
+endif()
+if(NOT COMMAND find_host_program)
+  macro(find_host_program)
+    find_program(${ARGN})
+  endmacro()
+endif()
+
+macro(check_environment_variables)
+  foreach(_var ${ARGN})
+    if(NOT DEFINED ${_var} AND DEFINED ENV{${_var}})
+      set(__value "$ENV{${_var}}")
+      file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${__value}" __value) # Assume that we receive paths
+      set(${_var} "${__value}")
+      message(STATUS "Update variable ${_var} from environment: ${${_var}}")
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+endmacro()
+
+# Status convinience function.
+# adopted from OpenCV
+function(output_status msg)
+  message(STATUS "${msg}")
+  string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" msg "${msg}")
+  string(REPLACE "\"" "\\\"" msg "${msg}")
+endfunction()
+
+# Status report function.
+# Automatically align right column and selects text based on condition.
+# Usage:
+#   status(<text>)
+#   status(<heading> <value1> [<value2> ...])
+#   status(<heading> <condition> THEN <text for TRUE> ELSE <text for FALSE> )
+# adopted from OpenCV
+function(status text)
+  set(status_cond)
+  set(status_then)
+  set(status_else)
+
+  set(status_current_name "cond")
+  foreach(arg ${ARGN})
+    if(arg STREQUAL "THEN")
+      set(status_current_name "then")
+    elseif(arg STREQUAL "ELSE")
+      set(status_current_name "else")
+    else()
+      list(APPEND status_${status_current_name} ${arg})
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+
+  if(DEFINED status_cond)
+    set(status_placeholder_length 18)
+    string(RANDOM LENGTH ${status_placeholder_length} ALPHABET " " status_placeholder)
+    string(LENGTH "${text}" status_text_length)
+    if(status_text_length LESS status_placeholder_length)
+      string(SUBSTRING "${text}${status_placeholder}" 0 ${status_placeholder_length} status_text)
+    elseif(DEFINED status_then OR DEFINED status_else)
+      output_status("${text}")
+      set(status_text "${status_placeholder}")
+    else()
+      set(status_text "${text}")
+    endif()
+
+    if(DEFINED status_then OR DEFINED status_else)
+      if(${status_cond})
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " status_then "${status_then}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "^[ \t]+" "" status_then "${status_then}")
+        output_status("${status_text} ${status_then}")
+      else()
+        string(REPLACE ";" " " status_else "${status_else}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "^[ \t]+" "" status_else "${status_else}")
+        output_status("${status_text} ${status_else}")
+      endif()
+    else()
+      string(REPLACE ";" " " status_cond "${status_cond}")
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "^[ \t]+" "" status_cond "${status_cond}")
+      output_status("${status_text} ${status_cond}")
+    endif()
+  else()
+    output_status("${text}")
+  endif()
+endfunction()