From c18167d01f7e02ee7ff06d231c287cf8259301fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Adam J. Stewart" <ajstewart426@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 09:06:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Autoconf: add spack external find support (#16692)

---
 .../repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py      | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
index 9e95af8a95..28be74890c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
 
-from spack import *
+import re
 
 
 class Autoconf(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ class Autoconf(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
 
     build_directory = 'spack-build'
 
+    executables = [
+        '^autoconf$', '^autoheader$', '^autom4te$', '^autoreconf$',
+        '^autoscan$', '^autoupdate$', '^ifnames$'
+    ]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def determine_version(cls, exe):
+        output = Executable(exe)('--version', output=str, error=str)
+        match = re.search(r'\(GNU Autoconf\)\s+(\S+)', output)
+        return match.group(1) if match else None
+
     def patch(self):
         # The full perl shebang might be too long; we have to fix this here
         # because autom4te is called during the build
-- 
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