Build fails on ArchLinux

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download source, prepare to build
2. ./rebuild.sh
3. implosion

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected: build success
Instead: (relevant information only)
./chew -f ../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/doc/doc.str 
<../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/doc/../mmo.c >mmo.tmp
/bin/sh ../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/doc/../../move-if-change mmo.tmp 
mmo.texi
restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" && \
rm -rf $backupdir && mkdir $backupdir && \
if (makeinfo --split-size=5000000 --split-size=5000000 --version) >/dev/null 
2>&1; then \
  for f in bfd.info bfd.info-[0-9] bfd.info-[0-9][0-9] bfd.i[0-9] bfd.i[0-9][0-9]; do \
    if test -f $f; then mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi; \
  done; \
else :; fi && \
if makeinfo --split-size=5000000 --split-size=5000000   -I 
../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/doc \
 -o bfd.info `test -f 'bfd.texinfo' || echo '../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/doc/'`bfd.texinfo; \
then \
  rc=0; \
else \
  rc=$?; \
  $restore $backupdir/* `echo "./bfd.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`; \
fi; \
rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo:325: unknown command `colophon'
../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo:336: unknown command `cygnus'
make[3]: *** [bfd.info] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/kate/hg/build/binutils/bfd/doc'
Making info in po
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/kate/hg/build/binutils/bfd/po'
( if test 'x../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/po' != 'x.'; then \
    posrcprefix='../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/'; \
  else \
    posrcprefix="../"; \
  fi; \
  rm -f SRC-POTFILES-t SRC-POTFILES \
    && (sed -e '/^#/d' \
            -e '/^[     ]*$/d' \
        -e "s@.*@   $posrcprefix& \\\\@" < ../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/po/SRC-POTFILES.in \
    | sed -e '$s/\\$//') > SRC-POTFILES-t \
    && chmod a-w SRC-POTFILES-t \
    && mv SRC-POTFILES-t SRC-POTFILES )
( rm -f BLD-POTFILES-t BLD-POTFILES \
    && (sed -e '/^#/d' \
            -e '/^[     ]*$/d' \
        -e "s@.*@   ../& \\\\@" < ../../../../propgcc/binutils/bfd/po/BLD-POTFILES.in \
    | sed -e '$s/\\$//') > BLD-POTFILES-t \
    && chmod a-w BLD-POTFILES-t \
    && mv BLD-POTFILES-t BLD-POTFILES )
cd .. \
  && CONFIG_FILES=po/Makefile.in:po/Make-in \
     CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh ./config.status
config.status: creating po/Makefile.in
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
config.status: executing default-1 commands
config.status: executing bfd_stdint.h commands
config.status: executing default commands
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/kate/hg/build/binutils/bfd/po'
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/kate/hg/build/binutils/bfd/po'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `info'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/kate/hg/build/binutils/bfd/po'
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/kate/hg/build/binutils/bfd'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `info-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/kate/hg/build/binutils/bfd'
make[2]: *** [info-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/kate/hg/build/binutils/bfd'
make[1]: *** [all-bfd] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kate/hg/build/binutils'
make: *** [all] Error 2
binutils make failed.


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Clang 3.2
Texinfo 5.1
ArchLinux, Up-to-date with Linux 3.9.4-1

Please provide any additional information below.

Apparently this is an issue with binutils, as documented at 
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15183

There is a possible patch available at: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg14429.html

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 7 Jun 2013 at 6:59