--- configure.org	2005-12-10 18:44:53.000000000 +0300
+++ configure	2005-12-10 19:10:58.000000000 +0300
@@ -5512,13 +5512,13 @@
 echo "${ECHO_T}$makeinfo_version" >&6
      # Consider only the first two numbers in version number string.
      makeinfo_version_major=`echo $makeinfo_version \
-       | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/'`
+       | sed 's/^.* \([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/'`
      if test -z "$makeinfo_version_major"; then
        makeinfo_version_major=0
        makeinfo_version_minor=0
      else
        makeinfo_version_minor=`echo $makeinfo_version \
-	 | sed 's/^[^.]\+\(.*\)$/\1/'`
+         | sed 's/^.* \([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\).*$/\2/'`
        # No minor version number at all?
        if test -z "$makeinfo_version_minor"; then
 	 makeinfo_version_minor=0