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"