diff -Nur texinfo-4.8/configure.ac texinfo-4.8.as_needed-fix/configure.ac
--- texinfo-4.8/configure.ac	2004-12-31 19:00:48.000000000 +0100
+++ texinfo-4.8.as_needed-fix/configure.ac	2006-08-02 02:37:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 # rather ncurses.  So we check for it.
 TERMLIBS=
 # Check for termlib before termcap because Solaris termcap needs libucb.
-TERMLIB_VARIANTS="ncurses curses termlib termcap terminfo"
+TERMLIB_VARIANTS="tinfo ncurses curses termlib termcap terminfo"
 for termlib in ${TERMLIB_VARIANTS}; do
   AC_CHECK_LIB(${termlib}, tgetent,
      [TERMLIBS="${TERMLIBS} -l${termlib}"; break])