-# The next version of makeinfo should split html files into their own
-# directory. For now available only as patches from
-# http://appel.lilypond.org/software
-SPLITTING_MAKEINFO = $(shell makeinfo --version | grep '4.0.jcn[2,3]')
+# The new pretest version of makeinfo, 4.0a splits html files into their own
+# directory. Available from
+# ftp://texinfo.org/texinfo/pretests/texinfo-4.0a.tar.gz
+SPLITTING_MAKEINFO = $(shell makeinfo --version | egrep '4.0((.jcn[2,3])|a)')