binutils-2.18/configure and makeinfo

[Gary E. Barnes]

>From the configure script...

    case " $build_configdirs " in
      *" texinfo "*) MAKEINFO='$$r/$(BUILD_SUBDIR)/texinfo/makeinfo/makeinfo' ;;
      *)

        # For an installed makeinfo, we require it to be from texinfo 4.4 or
        # higher, else we use the "missing" dummy.
        if ${MAKEINFO} --version \
           | egrep 'texinfo[^0-9]*([1-3][0-9]|4\.[4-9]|[5-9])' >/dev/null 2>&1; 
then
          :
        else
          MAKEINFO="$MISSING makeinfo"
        fi
        ;;

    esac

Now imagine a makeinfo --version that prints

    swift 136: makeinfo --version
    makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.11

    Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later 
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
    This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
    There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
    swift 137: 

It thinks that 4.11 is lower than 4.4