ENH: improve handling of ThirdParty packages

- generalize some of the library extensions (.so vs .dylib).
  Provide as wmake 'sysFunctions'

- added note about unsupported/incomplete system support

- centralize detection of ThirdParty packages into wmake/ subdirectory
  by providing a series of scripts in the spirit of GNU autoconfig.
  For example,

      have_boost, have_readline, have_scotch, ...

  Each of the `have_<package>` scripts will generally provide the
  following type of functions:

      have_<package>          # detection
      no_<package>            # reset
      echo_<package>          # echoing

  and the following type of variables:

      HAVE_<package>          # unset or 'true'
      <package>_ARCH_PATH     # root for <package>
      <package>_INC_DIR       # include directory for <package>
      <package>_LIB_DIR       # library directory for <package>

  This simplifies the calling scripts:

      if have_metis
      then
          wmake metisDecomp
      fi

  As well as reducing clutter in the corresponding Make/options:

      EXE_INC = \
          -I$(METIS_INC_DIR) \
          -I../decompositionMethods/lnInclude

      LIB_LIBS = \
          -L$(METIS_LIB_DIR) -lmetis

  Any additional modifications (platform-specific or for an external build
  system) can now be made centrally.

wmake/scripts/have_boost

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+#----------------------------------*-sh-*--------------------------------------
+# =========                 |
+# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+#  \\    /   O peration     |
+#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2018 OpenCFD Ltd.
+#    \\/     M anipulation  |
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# License
+#     This file is part of OpenFOAM, licensed under GNU General Public License
+#     <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# Script
+#     have_boost
+#
+# Description
+#     Detection/setup of Boost
+#
+# Requires
+#     BOOST_ARCH_PATH
+#
+# Functions provided
+#     have_boost, no_boost, echo_boost
+#
+# Variables set on success
+#     HAVE_BOOST
+#     BOOST_ARCH_PATH
+#     BOOST_INC_DIR
+#     BOOST_LIB_DIR
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+. $WM_PROJECT_DIR/wmake/scripts/sysFunctions # General system functions
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Reset variables
+no_boost()
+{
+    unset HAVE_BOOST BOOST_INC_DIR BOOST_LIB_DIR
+    return 0
+}
+
+
+# Report
+echo_boost()
+{
+    echo "boost=${HAVE_BOOST:-false}"
+    echo "root=$BOOST_ARCH_PATH"
+    echo "include=$BOOST_INC_DIR"
+    echo "library=$BOOST_LIB_DIR"
+}
+
+
+# On success, return 0 and export variables
+# -> HAVE_BOOST, BOOST_INC_DIR, BOOST_LIB_DIR
+have_boost()
+{
+    local header library static label settings warn
+    # warn="==> skip boost"
+
+    # Basic setup/checks
+    if isNone "$BOOST_ARCH_PATH"
+    then
+        [ -n "$warn" ] && echo "$warn (not available)"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+
+    # Header/library names
+    header="boost/version.hpp"
+    library="libboost_system$extLibso"
+
+
+    if hasAbsdir "$BOOST_ARCH_PATH"
+    then
+        header=$(findFirstFile $BOOST_ARCH_PATH/include/$header)
+
+        # FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN is allowed to be unset
+        library=$(findFirstFile \
+            $FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN/$library \
+            $BOOST_ARCH_PATH/lib/$library \
+            $BOOST_ARCH_PATH/lib$WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH/$library \
+        )
+    elif isSystem "$BOOST_ARCH_PATH"
+    then
+        header=$(findFirstFile /usr/include/$header)
+
+        library=$(findFirstFile \
+            /usr/lib/$library \
+            /usr/lib$WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH/$library \
+        )
+    else
+        unset header library
+    fi
+
+
+    # Header found?
+    [ -n "$header" ] || {
+        [ -n "$warn" ] && echo "$warn (no header)"
+        return 2
+    }
+
+    # Library found?
+    [ -n "$library" ] || {
+        [ -n "$warn" ] && echo "$warn (missing library)"
+        return 2
+    }
+
+    header="${header%/*}"     # Strip one-level (include/boost/...)
+
+    export HAVE_BOOST=true
+    export BOOST_ARCH_PATH
+    export BOOST_INC_DIR="${header%/*}"     # Basename
+    export BOOST_LIB_DIR="${library%/*}"    # Basename
+}
+
+
+# Force reset of old variables
+no_boost
+
+# Testing
+if [ "$1" = "-test" ]
+then
+    have_boost
+    echo_boost
+fi
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------