generating these info files on newer systems fails badly.  just ship a copy.

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+   This file documents the use and the internals of the GNU compiler.
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+   Published by the Free Software Foundation 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
+Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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+   Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
+1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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+for Free Software" are included exactly as in the original, and
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+   This file documents the GNU C Preprocessor.
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+   Copyright 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 Free
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