spack external find: allow to search by tags (#21407)

This commit adds an option to the `external find`
command that allows it to search by tags. In this
way group of executables with common purposes can
be grouped under a single name and a simple command
can be used to detect all of them.

As an example introduce the 'build-tools' tag to
search for common development tools on a system

9 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
index 1ba77a4240..0a307e00c1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/autoconf/package.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class Autoconf(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
 
     build_directory = 'spack-build'
 
+    tags = ['build-tools']
+
     executables = [
         '^autoconf$', '^autoheader$', '^autom4te$', '^autoreconf$',
         '^autoscan$', '^autoupdate$', '^ifnames$'
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automake/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automake/package.py
index 33d8abd5aa..e364fe07cb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automake/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/automake/package.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class Automake(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
 
     build_directory = 'spack-build'
 
+    tags = ['build-tools']
+
     executables = ['^automake$']
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cmake/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cmake/package.py
index 8278482e99..556a2117ce 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cmake/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cmake/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class Cmake(Package):
     url = 'https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.19.0/cmake-3.19.0.tar.gz'
     maintainers = ['chuckatkins']
 
+    tags = ['build-tools']
+
     executables = ['^cmake$']
 
     version('3.19.2',   sha256='e3e0fd3b23b7fb13e1a856581078e0776ffa2df4e9d3164039c36d3315e0c7f0')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flex/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flex/package.py
index 6ae8ddbce1..a3398e6566 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flex/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flex/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class Flex(AutotoolsPackage):
     homepage = "https://github.com/westes/flex"
     url = "https://github.com/westes/flex/releases/download/v2.6.1/flex-2.6.1.tar.gz"
 
+    tags = ['build-tools']
+
     executables = ['^flex$']
 
     version('2.6.4', sha256='e87aae032bf07c26f85ac0ed3250998c37621d95f8bd748b31f15b33c45ee995')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmake/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmake/package.py
index 3c01635d8e..0073ccb5f1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmake/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gmake/package.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class Gmake(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
     patch('https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/make/raw/519a7c5bcbead22e6ea2d2c2341d981ef9e25c0d/f/make-4.2.1-glob-fix-2.patch', level=1, sha256='fe5b60d091c33f169740df8cb718bf4259f84528b42435194ffe0dd5b79cd125', when='@4.2.1')
     patch('https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/make/raw/519a7c5bcbead22e6ea2d2c2341d981ef9e25c0d/f/make-4.2.1-glob-fix-3.patch', level=1, sha256='ca60bd9c1a1b35bc0dc58b6a4a19d5c2651f7a94a4b22b2c5ea001a1ca7a8a7f', when='@:4.2.1')
 
+    tags = ['build-tools']
+
     executables = ['^g?make$']
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
index b840688885..001327c78f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class Libtool(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
 
     build_directory = 'spack-build'
 
+    tags = ['build-tools']
+
     executables = ['^g?libtool(ize)?$']
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/m4/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/m4/package.py
index 78ea153adc..23f802d9d1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/m4/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/m4/package.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class M4(AutotoolsPackage, GNUMirrorPackage):
 
     build_directory = 'spack-build'
 
+    tags = ['build-tools']
+
     executables = ['^g?m4$']
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkg-config/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkg-config/package.py
index 89950cc7bd..f0f06d81ed 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkg-config/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkg-config/package.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ class PkgConfig(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     parallel = False
 
+    tags = ['build-tools']
+
     executables = ['^pkg-config$']
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py
index c6109d33cc..fdcddf7b56 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class Pkgconf(AutotoolsPackage):
     # https://github.com/spack/spack/issues/3525
     conflicts('%pgi')
 
+    tags = ['build-tools']
+
     executables = ['^pkgconf$', '^pkg-config$']
 
     @classmethod