--- binutils-2.17pre/configure 2008-06-10 20:49:16.918036351 +0200
+++ inutils-2.17pre/configure     2008-06-10 21:21:35.750035824 +0200
@@ -3542,7 +3542,7 @@
     # For an installed makeinfo, we require it to be from texinfo 4.2 or
     # higher, else we use the "missing" dummy.
     if ${MAKEINFO} --version \
-       | egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*([1-3][0-9]|4\.[2-9]|[5-9])' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+       | egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*([1-3][0-9]|4\.([2-9]|[1-9][0-9])|[5-9])' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       :
     else
       MAKEINFO="$MISSING makeinfo"