[PATCH pkgs] Texinfo 5.x fixes, etc.

Jerry James writes:

Thank you Jerry!

 > Comments are welcome.  Please allow screams of terror to subside
 > somewhat prior to commenting. :-)

I will test this today (or probably not at all in a reasonable time).
Please wait a bit, but if you don't hear from me, I'm implicitly +1.

After all, VCS means never having to say "Oh, f--k!"  Or at least, you
don't have to *really* mean it. ;-)

Steve