diff -ur texinfo-4.8.orig/Makefile.am texinfo-4.8.patched/Makefile.am
--- texinfo-4.8.orig/Makefile.am	Wed Dec 15 19:14:56 2004
+++ texinfo-4.8.patched/Makefile.am	Thu Dec 29 00:34:13 2005
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 # Be sure we're using the right version of Automake.
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.8 readme-alpha
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.7 readme-alpha
 
 # Additional files to distribute.
 EXTRA_DIST = ChangeLog.46 INSTALL.generic INTRODUCTION README.dev \
diff -ur texinfo-4.8.orig/configure.ac texinfo-4.8.patched/configure.ac
--- texinfo-4.8.orig/configure.ac	Fri Dec 31 19:00:48 2004
+++ texinfo-4.8.patched/configure.ac	Thu Dec 29 00:28:18 2005
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
 # implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 #
-AC_PREREQ(2.59)# Minimum Autoconf version required.
+AC_PREREQ(2.57)# Minimum Autoconf version required.
 #
 AC_INIT([GNU Texinfo], [4.8])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h:config.in)# Keep filename to 8.3 for MS-DOS.