diff -up gcc-4.1.2/Makefile.in.makeinfo gcc-4.1.2/Makefile.in
diff -up gcc-4.1.2/gcc/configure.makeinfo gcc-4.1.2/gcc/configure
--- gcc-4.1.2/gcc/configure.makeinfo	2012-11-27 14:42:57.707666500 +0100
+++ gcc-4.1.2/gcc/configure	2012-11-27 14:43:17.715610000 +0100
@@ -7495,7 +7495,7 @@ else
   echo "configure:7495: version of makeinfo is $ac_prog_version" >&5
   case $ac_prog_version in
     '')     gcc_cv_prog_makeinfo_modern=no;;
-    4.[2-9]*)
+    4.[7-9]*|4.[1-9][0-9]*|[5-9]*|[1-9][0-9]*)
             gcc_cv_prog_makeinfo_modern=yes;;
     *)      gcc_cv_prog_makeinfo_modern=no;;
   esac
diff -up gcc-4.1.2/configure.makeinfo gcc-4.1.2/configure
--- gcc-4.1.2/configure.makeinfo	2006-11-21 18:48:36.000000000 +0100
+++ gcc-4.1.2/configure	2012-11-27 19:17:38.366113000 +0100
@@ -3549,7 +3549,7 @@ case " $build_configdirs " in
     # For an installed makeinfo, we require it to be from texinfo 4.2 or
     # higher, else we use the "missing" dummy.
     if ${MAKEINFO} --version \
-       | egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*([1-3][0-9]|4\.[2-9]|[5-9])' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	| egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*([1-3][0-9]|4\.[7-9]*|4\.[1-9][0-9]*|[1-9][0-9]*)' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       :
     else
       MAKEINFO="$MISSING makeinfo"