diff -u binutils-2.18-orig/configure binutils-2.18/configure

--- binutils-2.18-orig/configure	2007-08-06 16:29:40.000000000 -0400

+++ binutils-2.18/configure	2007-09-27 22:41:51.000000000 -0400

@@ -6125,10 +6125,10 @@

   *" 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"

diff -u binutils-2.18-orig/configure.ac binutils-2.18/configure.ac

--- binutils-2.18-orig/configure.ac	2007-08-28 16:24:26.000000000 -0400

+++ binutils-2.18/configure.ac	2007-09-27 22:41:00.000000000 -0400

@@ -2400,10 +2400,10 @@

   *" texinfo "*) MAKEINFO='$$r/$(BUILD_SUBDIR)/texinfo/makeinfo/makeinfo' ;;

   *)

 changequote(,)

-    # 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"