diff --git a/binutils-old-makeinfo.diff b/binutils-old-makeinfo.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26d760d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils-old-makeinfo.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+This reverts 8bb23cdbb498ff645bb0937bc8c0cb89e9e5ebd8 which
+requires newer makeinfo that we don't have in SLE12.
+
+diff --git a/bfd/doc/bfd.texi b/bfd/doc/bfd.texi
+index d8cc1ecca48..f348710845f 100644
+--- a/bfd/doc/bfd.texi
++++ b/bfd/doc/bfd.texi
+@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1991-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ @end iftex
+ @contents
+ 
+-@node Top
++@node Top, Overview, (dir), (dir)
+ @ifinfo
+ This file documents the binary file descriptor library libbfd.
+ @end ifinfo
+@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ This file documents the binary file descriptor library libbfd.
+ * BFD Index::		BFD Index
+ @end menu
+ 
+-@node Overview
++@node Overview, BFD front end, Top, Top
+ @chapter Introduction
+ @cindex BFD
+ @cindex what is it?
+@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ their own use, for greater efficiency.
+ * What BFD Version 2 Can Do::	What BFD Version 2 Can Do
+ @end menu
+ 
+-@node History
++@node History, How It Works, Overview, Overview
+ @section History
+ 
+ One spur behind BFD was the desire, on the part of the GNU 960 team at
+@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ and David Henkel-Wallace (@code{gumby@@cygnus.com}).
+ 
+ 
+ 
+-@node How It Works
++@node How It Works, What BFD Version 2 Can Do, History, Overview
+ @section How To Use BFD
+ 
+ To use the library, include @file{bfd.h} and link with @file{libbfd.a}.	
+@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ and contain subordinate BFDs. This approach is fine for a.out and coff,
+ but loses efficiency when applied to formats such as S-records and
+ IEEE-695.
+ 
+-@node What BFD Version 2 Can Do
++@node What BFD Version 2 Can Do,  , How It Works, Overview
+ @section What BFD Version 2 Can Do
+ @include bfdsumm.texi
+ 
+-@node BFD front end
++@node BFD front end, BFD back ends, Overview, Top
+ @chapter BFD Front End
+ 
+ @menu
+@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ IEEE-695.
+ @include bfdt.texi
+ @include bfdio.texi
+ 
+-@node Memory Usage
++@node Memory Usage, Sections, Miscellaneous, BFD front end
+ @section Memory Usage
+ BFD keeps all of its internal structures in obstacks. There is one obstack
+ per open BFD file, into which the current state is stored. When a BFD is
+@@ -242,46 +242,46 @@ select the greediest open BFD, close it to reclaim the memory, perform
+ some operation and reopen the BFD again, to get a fresh copy of the data
+ structures.
+ 
+-@node Sections
++@node Sections, Symbols, Memory Usage, BFD front end
+ @include  section.texi
+ 
+-@node Symbols
++@node Symbols, Archives, Sections, BFD front end
+ @include  syms.texi
+ 
+-@node Archives
++@node Archives, Formats, Symbols, BFD front end
+ @include  archive.texi
+ 
+-@node Formats
++@node Formats, Relocations, Archives, BFD front end
+ @include  format.texi
+ 
+-@node Relocations
++@node Relocations, Core Files, Formats, BFD front end
+ @include  reloc.texi
+ 
+-@node Core Files
++@node Core Files, Targets, Relocations, BFD front end
+ @include  corefile.texi
+ 
+-@node Targets
++@node Targets, Architectures, Core Files, BFD front end
+ @include  targets.texi
+ 
+-@node Architectures
++@node Architectures, Opening and Closing, Targets, BFD front end
+ @include  archures.texi
+ 
+-@node Opening and Closing
++@node Opening and Closing, Internal, Architectures, BFD front end
+ @include  opncls.texi
+ 
+-@node Internal
++@node Internal, File Caching, Opening and Closing, BFD front end
+ @include  libbfd.texi
+ 
+-@node File Caching
++@node File Caching, Linker Functions, Internal, BFD front end
+ @include  cache.texi
+ 
+-@node Linker Functions
++@node Linker Functions, Hash Tables, File Caching, BFD front end
+ @include  linker.texi
+ 
+-@node Hash Tables
++@node Hash Tables, , Linker Functions, BFD front end
+ @include  hash.texi
+ 
+-@node BFD back ends
++@node BFD back ends, GNU Free Documentation License, BFD front end, Top
+ @chapter BFD back ends
+ @menu
+ * What to Put Where::
+@@ -293,28 +293,28 @@ structures.
+ * srecord ::	s-record backend
+ @end ignore
+ @end menu
+-@node What to Put Where
++@node What to Put Where, aout, BFD back ends, BFD back ends
+ @section What to Put Where
+ All of BFD lives in one directory.
+ 
+-@node aout
++@node aout, coff, What to Put Where, BFD back ends
+ @include  aoutx.texi
+ 
+-@node coff
++@node coff, elf, aout, BFD back ends
+ @include  coffcode.texi
+ 
+-@node elf
++@node elf, mmo, coff, BFD back ends
+ @include  elf.texi
+ @c Leave this out until the file has some actual contents...
+ @c @include  elfcode.texi
+ 
+-@node mmo
++@node mmo,  , elf, BFD back ends
+ @include  mmo.texi
+ 
+-@node GNU Free Documentation License
++@node GNU Free Documentation License, BFD Index, BFD back ends, Top
+ @include fdl.texi
+ 
+-@node BFD Index
++@node BFD Index,  , GNU Free Documentation License, Top
+ @unnumbered BFD Index
+ @printindex cp
+ 
+diff --git a/bfd/doc/webassembly.texi b/bfd/doc/webassembly.texi
+index 5a05199d5f7..ad650943a1a 100644
+--- a/bfd/doc/webassembly.texi
++++ b/bfd/doc/webassembly.texi
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ in some malformed WebAssembly modules being treated as valid.
+ * File layout::
+ @end menu
+ 
+-@node File layout
++@node File layout, WebAssembly
+ @subsection File layout
+ For a description of the WebAssembly file format, see
+ @url{https://github.com/WebAssembly/design/blob/master/BinaryEncoding.md}.
diff --git a/binutils.changes b/binutils.changes
index 517d7a7..c8d6838 100644
--- a/binutils.changes
+++ b/binutils.changes
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Wed Aug 16 14:36:57 UTC 2023 - Michael Matz <matz@suse.com>
   riscv-dynamic-tls-reloc-pie.patch, riscv-pr22263-1.patch,
   extensa-gcc-4_3-fix.diff .
 - Add binutils-2.41-branch.diff.gz .
+- Add binutils-old-makeinfo.diff for SLE-12 and older.
 - Rebased aarch64-common-pagesize.patch and binutils-revert-rela.diff .
 - Contains fixes for these CVEs:
   * bsc#1209642 aka CVE-2023-1579 aka PR29988
diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index 4a05b3c..6c6cebe 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ Patch41:        binutils-fix-relax.diff
 Patch42:        binutils-compat-old-behaviour.diff
 Patch43:        binutils-revert-hlasm-insns.diff
 Patch44:        binutils-revert-rela.diff
+Patch45:        binutils-old-makeinfo.diff
 Patch100:       add-ulp-section.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
@@ -276,6 +277,9 @@ cp ld/ldgram.y ld/ldgram.y.orig
 %patch43 -p1
 %patch44 -p1
 %endif
+%if %{suse_version} < 1500
+%patch45 -p1
+%endif
 %patch100 -p1
 %if "%{TARGET}" == "avr"
 cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h