use VALIDATOR in FindHDF5 for robust find-build auto-selection

Author: scivision

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        cmake_version: ["3.24.4"]
+        cmake_version: ["3.25.3"]
 
     steps:
 

.github/workflows/oneapi-linux.yml

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ env:
   CXX: icpx
   FC: ifx
 # https://github.com/oneapi-src/oneapi-ci/blob/master/.github/workflows/build_all.yml
-  CMAKE_GENERATOR: Ninja
-  CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX: ~/libs
-  CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: ~/libs
 
 on:
   push:

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.24...4.3)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25...4.3)
+# CMake 3.25 for find_*(VALIDATE)
 # CMake >= 3.26 required if building HDF5
 
 if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_BINARY_DIR)
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ VERSION 4.13.0
 
 include(CTest)
 
+# to use our FindHDF5.cmake
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
+
 # --- avoid Anaconda libraries
 if(h5fortran_python AND h5fortran_BUILD_TESTING)
   find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter)

CMakePresets.json

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   "name": "default",
   "binaryDir": "build",
   "installDir": "${fileDir}/build/local",
+  "generator": "Ninja",
+  "displayName": "Default with Ninja",
   "cacheVariables": {
     "h5fortran_warning_as_error": true,
     "h5fortran_BUILD_TESTING": true,