diff -urpN glibc-2.15.orig/configure glibc-2.15/configure
--- glibc-2.15.orig/configure	2012-03-19 07:56:58.000000000 -0700
+++ glibc-2.15/configure	2017-02-08 00:38:53.578049806 -0800
@@ -4922,7 +4922,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking version of $CC... "
   ac_prog_version=`$CC -v 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*version \([egcygnustpi-]*[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
   case $ac_prog_version in
     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
-    3.4* | 4.[0-9]* )
+    3.4* | [4-9].* )
        ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
     *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
 
@@ -4985,7 +4985,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking version of $MAKE...
   ac_prog_version=`$MAKE --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU Make[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
   case $ac_prog_version in
     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
-    3.79* | 3.[89]*)
+    3.79* | 3.[89]* | [4-9].* | [1-9][0-9]*)
        ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
     *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
 
@@ -5112,7 +5112,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking version of $MAKEINF
   ac_prog_version=`$MAKEINFO --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU texinfo.* \([0-9][0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
   case $ac_prog_version in
     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
-    4.*)
+    [4-9].*)
        ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
     *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
 
@@ -5172,7 +5172,7 @@ else
   # Found it, now check the version.
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking version of $SED" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking version of $SED... " >&6; }
-  ac_prog_version=`$SED --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU sed version \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
+  ac_prog_version=`$SED --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU sed[^0-9]* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
   case $ac_prog_version in
     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
     3.0[2-9]*|3.[1-9]*|[4-9]*)
diff -urpN glibc-2.15.orig/configure.in glibc-2.15/configure.in
--- glibc-2.15.orig/configure.in	2012-01-01 04:16:32.000000000 -0800
+++ glibc-2.15/configure.in	2017-02-08 00:30:47.440841480 -0800
@@ -1000,11 +1000,11 @@ fi
 # These programs are version sensitive.
 AC_CHECK_TOOL_PREFIX
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(CC, ${ac_tool_prefix}gcc ${ac_tool_prefix}cc, -v,
-  [version \([egcygnustpi-]*[0-9.]*\)], [3.4* | 4.[0-9]* ],
+  [version \([egcygnustpi-]*[0-9.]*\)], [3.4* | [4-9].* ],
   critic_missing="$critic_missing gcc")
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MAKE, gnumake gmake make, --version,
   [GNU Make[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\)],
-  [3.79* | 3.[89]*], critic_missing="$critic_missing make")
+  [3.79* | 3.[89]* | [4-9].* | [1-9][0-9]*], critic_missing="$critic_missing make")
 
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MSGFMT, gnumsgfmt gmsgfmt msgfmt, --version,
   [GNU gettext.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
@@ -1012,10 +1012,10 @@ AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MSGFMT, gnumsgfmt gmsg
   MSGFMT=: aux_missing="$aux_missing msgfmt")
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MAKEINFO, makeinfo, --version,
   [GNU texinfo.* \([0-9][0-9.]*\)],
-  [4.*],
+  [[4-9].*],
   MAKEINFO=: aux_missing="$aux_missing makeinfo")
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(SED, sed, --version,
-  [GNU sed version \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
+  [GNU sed[^0-9]* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
   [3.0[2-9]*|3.[1-9]*|[4-9]*],
   SED=: aux_missing="$aux_missing sed")