--- /dev/null
+diff -ur binutils-2.17.50.0.12/configure binutils-2.17.50.0.12-patched/configure
+--- binutils-2.17.50.0.12/configure 2007-01-23 15:37:00.000000000 -0600
++++ binutils-2.17.50.0.12-patched/configure 2008-01-26 15:15:40.018188886 -0600
+@@ -3835,10 +3835,10 @@
+ *" texinfo "*) MAKEINFO='$$r/$(BUILD_SUBDIR)/texinfo/makeinfo/makeinfo' ;;
+ *)
+
+- # For an installed makeinfo, we require it to be from texinfo 4.4 or
++ # For an installed makeinfo, we require it to be from texinfo 4.6 or
+ # higher, else we use the "missing" dummy.
+ if ${MAKEINFO} --version \
+- | egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*([1-3][0-9]|4\.[4-9]|[5-9])' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
++ | egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*(4\.([6-9]|[1-9][0-9])|[5-9]|[1-9][0-9])' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ :
+ else
+ MAKEINFO="$MISSING makeinfo"