>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 _______________________________________________ bug-binutils mailing list bug-binutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-binutils