diff --git a/patches/binutils/2.17/120-makeinfo-version.patch b/patches/binutils/2.17/120-makeinfo-version.patch
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+++ b/patches/binutils/2.17/120-makeinfo-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+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"