diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
index 17fa05f..520144a 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
@@ -68,8 +68,11 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER)
   IF(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_INIT AND NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER)
     SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_INIT}" CACHE FILEPATH "C compiler" FORCE)
   ENDIF(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_INIT AND NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER)
+  message(STATUS "Found CMAKE_C_COMPILER: -${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}-")
+
 ELSE(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER)
 
+  message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_COMPILER was preset: -${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}-")
   # we only get here if CMAKE_C_COMPILER was specified using -D or a pre-made CMakeCache.txt
   # (e.g. via ctest) or set in CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
   # if CMAKE_C_COMPILER is a list of length 2, use the first item as 
@@ -94,6 +97,8 @@ ELSE(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER)
       SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_WITH_PATH} CACHE STRING "C compiler" FORCE)
     ENDIF(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_WITH_PATH)
   ENDIF(NOT _CMAKE_USER_C_COMPILER_PATH)
+  message(STATUS "CMAKE_C_COMPILER now set to: -${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}-")
+
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER)
 MARK_AS_ADVANCED(CMAKE_C_COMPILER)
 
@@ -101,6 +106,8 @@ IF (NOT _CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_LOCATION)
   GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_LOCATION "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}" PATH)
 ENDIF (NOT _CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_LOCATION)
 
+message(STATUS "Toolchain location: -${_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_LOCATION}-")
+
 # Build a small source file to identify the compiler.
 IF(${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Visual Studio")
   SET(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID_RUN 1)
@@ -149,12 +156,16 @@ ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID_RUN)
 # NAME_WE cannot be used since then this test will fail for names lile
 # "arm-unknown-nto-qnx6.3.0-gcc.exe", where BASENAME would be 
 # "arm-unknown-nto-qnx6" instead of the correct "arm-unknown-nto-qnx6.3.0-"
+message(STATUS "C Compiler ID: -${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}-")
+message(STATUS "Toolchain prefix: -${_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}-")
 IF (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING  
     AND "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "GNU"
     AND NOT _CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX)
+  message(STATUS "Getting toolchain location...")
   GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(COMPILER_BASENAME "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}" NAME)
   IF (COMPILER_BASENAME MATCHES "^(.+-)g?cc(\\.exe)?$")
     SET(_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+    message(STATUS "Got toolchain location: -${_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}- match1: -${CMAKE_MATCH_1}-")
   ENDIF (COMPILER_BASENAME MATCHES "^(.+-)g?cc(\\.exe)?$")
 
   # if "llvm-" is part of the prefix, remove it, since llvm doesn't have its own binutils