--- binutils-2.18/configure.orig	2007-10-11 21:09:27.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils-2.18/configure	2007-10-11 21:10:20.000000000 -0700
@@ -6128,7 +6128,7 @@ case " $build_configdirs " in
     # For an installed makeinfo, we require it to be from texinfo 4.4 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"
--- binutils-2.18/configure.ac.orig	2007-10-11 21:10:54.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils-2.18/configure.ac	2007-10-11 21:11:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -2403,7 +2403,7 @@ changequote(,)
     # For an installed makeinfo, we require it to be from texinfo 4.4 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"