Fix board search not returning boards if installed core is not latest version (#1410)

Author: silvanocerza

commands/board/search.go

@@ -59,32 +59,35 @@ func Search(ctx context.Context, req *rpc.BoardSearchRequest) (*rpc.BoardSearchR
 	for _, targetPackage := range pm.Packages {
 		for _, platform := range targetPackage.Platforms {
 			latestPlatformRelease := platform.GetLatestRelease()
-			if latestPlatformRelease == nil {
+			installedPlatformRelease := pm.GetInstalledPlatformRelease(platform)
+
+			if latestPlatformRelease == nil && installedPlatformRelease == nil {
 				continue
 			}
-			installedVersion := ""
-			if installedPlatformRelease := pm.GetInstalledPlatformRelease(platform); installedPlatformRelease != nil {
-				installedVersion = installedPlatformRelease.Version.String()
-			}
 
 			rpcPlatform := &rpc.Platform{
 				Id:                platform.String(),
-				Installed:         installedVersion,
-				Latest:            latestPlatformRelease.Version.String(),
 				Name:              platform.Name,
 				Maintainer:        platform.Package.Maintainer,
 				Website:           platform.Package.WebsiteURL,
 				Email:             platform.Package.Email,
 				ManuallyInstalled: platform.ManuallyInstalled,
 			}
 
+			if latestPlatformRelease != nil {
+				rpcPlatform.Latest = latestPlatformRelease.Version.String()
+			}
+			if installedPlatformRelease != nil {
+				rpcPlatform.Installed = installedPlatformRelease.Version.String()
+			}
+
 			// Platforms that are not installed don't have a list of boards
 			// generated from their boards.txt file so we need two different
 			// ways of reading board data.
 			// The only boards information for platforms that are not installed
 			// is that found in the index, usually that's only a board name.
-			if len(latestPlatformRelease.Boards) != 0 {
-				for _, board := range latestPlatformRelease.Boards {
+			if installedPlatformRelease != nil {
+				for _, board := range installedPlatformRelease.Boards {
 					if !req.GetIncludeHiddenBoards() && board.IsHidden() {
 						continue
 					}
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ func Search(ctx context.Context, req *rpc.BoardSearchRequest) (*rpc.BoardSearchR
 						Platform: rpcPlatform,
 					})
 				}
-			} else {
+			} else if latestPlatformRelease != nil {
 				for _, board := range latestPlatformRelease.BoardsManifest {
 					toTest := append(strings.Split(board.Name, " "), board.Name)
 					if ok, err := match(toTest); err != nil {

test/test_board.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from git import Repo
 import simplejson as json
+import semver
 
 
 gold_board = """
@@ -657,3 +658,24 @@ def test_board_attach_without_sketch_json(run_command, data_dir):
     assert run_command(f"sketch new {sketch_path}")
 
     assert run_command(f"board attach {fqbn} {sketch_path}")
+
+
+def test_board_search_with_outdated_core(run_command):
+    assert run_command("update")
+
+    # Install an old core version
+    assert run_command("core install arduino:samd@1.8.6")
+
+    res = run_command("board search arduino:samd:mkrwifi1010 --format json")
+
+    data = json.loads(res.stdout)
+    assert len(data) == 1
+    board = data[0]
+    assert board["name"] == "Arduino MKR WiFi 1010"
+    assert board["fqbn"] == "arduino:samd:mkrwifi1010"
+    samd_core = board["platform"]
+    assert samd_core["id"] == "arduino:samd"
+    installed_version = semver.parse_version_info(samd_core["installed"])
+    latest_version = semver.parse_version_info(samd_core["latest"])
+    # Installed version must be older than latest
+    assert installed_version.compare(latest_version) == -1