--- /dev/null
+################################################################################
+#
+# autoconf
+#
+################################################################################
+
+AUTOCONF_VERSION = 2.69
+AUTOCONF_SOURCE = autoconf-$(AUTOCONF_VERSION).tar.xz
+AUTOCONF_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/autoconf
+
+AUTOCONF_LICENSE = GPLv3+ with exceptions
+AUTOCONF_LICENSE_FILES = COPYINGv3 COPYING.EXCEPTION
+
+HOST_AUTOCONF_CONF_ENV = \
+ EMACS="no" \
+ ac_cv_path_M4=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/m4 \
+ ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu=no
+
+HOST_AUTOCONF_DEPENDENCIES = host-m4 host-libtool
+
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))
+
+# variables used by other packages
+AUTOCONF = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/autoconf
+AUTOHEADER = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/autoheader
+AUTORECONF = $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) ACLOCAL="$(ACLOCAL)" AUTOCONF="$(AUTOCONF)" AUTOHEADER="$(AUTOHEADER)" AUTOMAKE="$(AUTOMAKE)" AUTOPOINT=/bin/true $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/autoreconf -f -i -I "$(ACLOCAL_DIR)" -I "$(ACLOCAL_HOST_DIR)"