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"