diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.8/check-locale-h.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.8/check-locale-h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4d6660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.8/check-locale-h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+fix the macro check
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+configure does not check if locale.h exists, but check setlocale,
+if setlocale exist, the locale.h should exist.
+
+Signed-off-by: Roy Li <rongqing.li@windriver.com>
+---
+ lib/system.h |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/system.h b/lib/system.h
+index 946eb3c..c70037b 100644
+--- a/lib/system.h
++++ b/lib/system.h
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern char *substring (const char *, const char *);
+ #include <ctype.h>
+ 
+ /* All systems nowadays probably have these functions, but ... */
+-#ifdef HAVE_LOCALE_H
++#ifdef HAVE_SETLOCALE
+ #include <locale.h>
+ #endif
+ #ifndef HAVE_SETLOCALE
+-- 
+1.7.10.4
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.8/do-compile-native-tools.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.8/do-compile-native-tools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81ebe26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.8/do-compile-native-tools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+From 458e9450cecf703f55536e609365162719585900 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Roy.Li" <rongqing.li@windriver.com>
+Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:03:29 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] do not compile host tools, since we have native
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Roy.Li <rongqing.li@windriver.com>
+---
+ configure.ac | 23 +----------------------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 22 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index b46130d..cf58654 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -90,28 +90,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
+ # $native_tools is also added to SUBDIRS in the main Makefile.am,
+ # so that make compiles the native tools first.
+ #
+-if test "$cross_compiling" = no; then
+-  native_tools=
+-else
+-  native_tools=tools
+-  test -d "$native_tools" || mkdir "$native_tools"
+-  confdir=`(cd "$srcdir";pwd)`
+-  # Make sure the secondary configure won't fail with
+-  # "error: source directory already configured".
+-  rm -f config.status
+-  AC_MSG_NOTICE([[Doing configure of native tools (${build}).]])
+-  cd "$native_tools" || exit 1
+-  # Run secondary configure in alternate environment or
+-  # it gets the wrong CC etc.  env -i gives this build host configure
+-  # a clean environment.
+-  env -i CC="${BUILD_CC}" AR="${BUILD_AR}" RANLIB="${BUILD_RANLIB}" \
+-      PATH="${PATH}" \
+-      tools_only=1 \
+-    ${confdir}/configure --build=${build} --host=${build} \
+-                         --disable-rpath --disable-nls
+-  cd .. || exit 1
+-  AC_MSG_NOTICE([[Continuing with main configure (${host}).]])
+-fi
++native_tools=
+ AC_SUBST(native_tools)
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(TOOLS_ONLY, [[test "x$tools_only" = x1]])
+ 
+-- 
+1.9.1
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.8/using-native-makeinfo.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.8/using-native-makeinfo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2297051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo-4.8/using-native-makeinfo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 9b0df7d6d3c18cfac82c291d60a5357d1bc8d9d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Roy.Li" <rongqing.li@windriver.com>
+Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:10:03 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] using native makeinfo
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Roy.Li <rongqing.li@windriver.com>
+---
+ doc/Makefile.am                                |   2 +-
+
+diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
+index 63df818..b6ceb34 100644
+--- a/doc/Makefile.am
++++ b/doc/Makefile.am
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ man_MANS = info.1 infokey.1 install-info.1 makeinfo.1 texindex.1 texi2dvi.1 \
+ 
+ # Use the programs built in our distribution, taking account of possible
+ # cross-compiling.
+-MAKEINFO = $(top_builddir)/$(native_tools)/makeinfo/makeinfo
++MAKEINFO = makeinfo
+ INSTALL_INFO = $(top_builddir)/$(native_tools)/util/install-info
+ 
+ TXI_XLATE = txi-cs.tex txi-de.tex txi-en.tex txi-es.tex txi-fr.tex \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/0001-Unset-need_charset_alias-when-building-for-musl.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/0001-Unset-need_charset_alias-when-building-for-musl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7338aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/0001-Unset-need_charset_alias-when-building-for-musl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From b9565dc2fe0c4f7daaec91b7e83bc7313dee2f4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:02:13 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Unset need_charset_alias when building for musl
+
+localcharset uses ac_cv_gnu_library_2_1 from glibc21.m4
+which actually shoudl be fixed in gnulib and then all downstream
+projects will get it eventually. For now we apply the fix to
+coreutils
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ lib/gnulib.mk | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: texinfo-5.2/gnulib/lib/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- texinfo-5.2.orig/gnulib/lib/Makefile.am
++++ texinfo-5.2/gnulib/lib/Makefile.am
+@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ install-exec-localcharset: all-local
+ 	  case '$(host_os)' in \
+ 	    darwin[56]*) \
+ 	      need_charset_alias=true ;; \
+-	    darwin* | cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*) \
++	    darwin* | cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc* | linux-musl*) \
+ 	      need_charset_alias=false ;; \
+ 	    *) \
+ 	      need_charset_alias=true ;; \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/disable-native-tools.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/disable-native-tools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab6f165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/disable-native-tools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+We already DEPEND on the native texinfo being present before building so
+there isn't any need to try and build the required native texinfo binaries
+before cross-compiling. This simplifies the recipe somewhat!
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate oe specific
+
+Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock <josh@linux.intel.com>
+
+Index: texinfo-4.13/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- texinfo-4.13.orig/configure.ac
++++ texinfo-4.13/configure.ac
+@@ -100,29 +100,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
+ # $native_tools is also added to SUBDIRS in the main Makefile.am,
+ # so that make compiles the native tools first.
+ #
+-if test "$cross_compiling" = no; then
+-  native_tools=
+-else
+-  native_tools=tools
+-  test -d "$native_tools" || mkdir "$native_tools"
+-  confdir=`(cd "$srcdir";pwd)`
+-  # Make sure the secondary configure won't fail with
+-  # "error: source directory already configured".
+-  rm -f config.status
+-  AC_MSG_NOTICE([[Doing configure of native tools (${build}).]])
+-  cd "$native_tools" || exit 1
+-  # Run secondary configure in alternate environment or
+-  # it gets the wrong CC etc.
+-  # env -i gives this build host configure a clean environment;
+-  # consequently, we have to re-initialize $PATH.
+-  env -i CC="$BUILD_CC" AR="$BUILD_AR" RANLIB="$BUILD_RANLIB" \
+-      PATH="$PATH" \
+-      tools_only=1 \
+-    ${confdir}/configure --build=${build} --host=${build} \
+-                         --disable-rpath --disable-nls
+-  cd .. || exit 1
+-  AC_MSG_NOTICE([[Continuing with main configure (${host}).]])
+-fi
++native_tools=
+ AC_SUBST(native_tools)
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(TOOLS_ONLY, [[test "x$tools_only" = x1]])
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/dont-depend-on-help2man.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/dont-depend-on-help2man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ce47ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/dont-depend-on-help2man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From 6f1f3912fcb900b3a3e6cbe3360306fade333497 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jussi Kukkonen <jussi.kukkonen@intel.com>
+Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 14:55:08 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] dont-depend-on-help2man
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+
+Signed-off-by: Marko Lindqvist <cazfi74@gmail.com>
+---
+ doc/Makefile.am |  2 +-
+ man/Makefile.am | 12 ++++++------
+ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
+index 7198a6b..4bba550 100644
+--- a/doc/Makefile.am
++++ b/doc/Makefile.am
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ refcard_files = refcard/Makefile refcard/txicmdcheck \
+ # Include our texinfo.tex, not Automake's.
+ EXTRA_DIST = epsf.tex texinfo.tex \
+              fdl.texi \
+-	     $(man_MANS) $(TXI_XLATE) \
++	     $(TXI_XLATE) \
+ 	     $(refcard_files)
+ 
+ if INSTALL_WARNINGS
+diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am
+index a08d603..bdfc9a4 100644
+--- a/man/Makefile.am
++++ b/man/Makefile.am
+@@ -13,24 +13,24 @@
+ # implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ 
+ # These are generated using help2man.
+-man_MANS = install-info.1 makeinfo.1 texindex.1 texi2dvi.1
++#man_MANS = install-info.1 makeinfo.1 texindex.1 texi2dvi.1
+ 
+ # These require the build in info/, thus can't do if we failed to find a
+ # terminal library.
+ if HAVE_TERMLIBS
+-man_MANS += info.1
++#man_MANS += info.1
+ endif
+ 
+ # These are hand-written.
+-man_MANS += info.5 texinfo.5
++#man_MANS += info.5 texinfo.5
+ 
+ # This is generated by pod2man, but let's just run it by hand.
+-man_MANS += pod2texi.1
++#man_MANS += pod2texi.1
+ 
+ # These are just .so's to the common program.
+-man_MANS += texi2any.1 texi2pdf.1 pdftexi2dvi.1
++#man_MANS += texi2any.1 texi2pdf.1 pdftexi2dvi.1
+ 
+-EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS) ginfo.h2m
++EXTRA_DIST = ginfo.h2m
+ 
+ # Maintainers should be able to regenerate.
+ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = $(man_MANS)
+-- 
+2.1.4
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/link-zip.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/link-zip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b6e9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/link-zip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+install-info uses symbols from zlib so must link against it.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock <josh@linux.intel.com>
+
+Index: texinfo-5.1/install-info/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- texinfo-5.1.orig/install-info/Makefile.am
++++ texinfo-5.1/install-info/Makefile.am
+@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = 					\
+   -I$(top_srcdir)/gnulib/lib			\
+   -I$(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib			\
+   -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\"
+-LDADD = $(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib/libgnu.a $(LIBINTL)
++LDADD = $(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib/libgnu.a $(LIBINTL) -lz
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/texinfo-4.12-zlib.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/texinfo-4.12-zlib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41bd220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/texinfo-4.12-zlib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+From 20e1d8a9481dc13dd1d4d168b90e0ed2ff097b98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jussi Kukkonen <jussi.kukkonen@intel.com>
+Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 14:29:57 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] texinfo-4.12-zlib
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+---
+ install-info/Makefile.in    |  2 +-
+ install-info/install-info.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
+ 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/install-info/Makefile.in b/install-info/Makefile.in
+index ad73abb..eaa2153 100644
+--- a/install-info/Makefile.in
++++ b/install-info/Makefile.in
+@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ am__installdirs = "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
+ PROGRAMS = $(bin_PROGRAMS)
+ am_ginstall_info_OBJECTS = install-info.$(OBJEXT)
+ ginstall_info_OBJECTS = $(am_ginstall_info_OBJECTS)
+-ginstall_info_LDADD = $(LDADD)
++ginstall_info_LDADD = $(LDADD) -lz
+ am__DEPENDENCIES_1 =
+ ginstall_info_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/gnulib/lib/libgnu.a \
+ 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
+diff --git a/install-info/install-info.c b/install-info/install-info.c
+index b454c15..4e39122 100644
+--- a/install-info/install-info.c
++++ b/install-info/install-info.c
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
+ #include <getopt.h>
+ #include <regex.h>
+ #include <argz.h>
++#include <zlib.h>
+ 
+ #define TAB_WIDTH 8
+ 
+@@ -684,15 +685,15 @@ The first time you invoke Info you start off looking at this node.\n\
+    
+    Return either stdin reading the file, or a non-stdin pipe reading
+    the output of the compression program.  */
+-FILE *
++void *
+ open_possibly_compressed_file (char *filename,
+     void (*create_callback) (char *),
+-    char **opened_filename, char **compression_program) 
++    char **opened_filename, char **compression_program, int *is_pipe) 
+ {
+   char *local_opened_filename, *local_compression_program;
+   int nread;
+   char data[13];
+-  FILE *f;
++  gzFile *f;
+ 
+   /* We let them pass NULL if they don't want this info, but it's easier
+      to always determine it.  */
+@@ -700,48 +701,48 @@ open_possibly_compressed_file (char *filename,
+     opened_filename = &local_opened_filename;
+ 
+   *opened_filename = filename;
+-  f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
++  f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
+   if (!f)
+     {
+       *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".gz", "");
+-      f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
++      f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
+     }
+   if (!f)
+     {
+       free (*opened_filename);
+       *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".xz", "");
+-      f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
++      f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
+     }
+   if (!f)
+     {
+       free (*opened_filename);
+       *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".bz2", "");
+-      f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
++      f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
+     }
+   if (!f)
+     {
+       free (*opened_filename);
+       *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".lz", "");
+-      f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
++      f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
+     }
+   if (!f)
+     {
+      free (*opened_filename);
+      *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".lzma", "");
+-     f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
++     f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
+     }
+ #ifdef __MSDOS__
+   if (!f)
+     {
+       free (*opened_filename);
+       *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".igz", "");
+-      f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
++      f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
+     }
+   if (!f)
+     {
+       free (*opened_filename);
+       *opened_filename = concat (filename, ".inz", "");
+-      f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
++      f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
+     }
+ #endif /* __MSDOS__ */
+   if (!f)
+@@ -757,7 +758,7 @@ open_possibly_compressed_file (char *filename,
+           (*create_callback) (filename);
+ 
+           /* And try opening it again.  */
+-          f = fopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
++          f = gzopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN);
+           if (!f)
+             return 0;
+         }
+@@ -767,12 +768,12 @@ open_possibly_compressed_file (char *filename,
+ 
+   /* Read first few bytes of file rather than relying on the filename.
+      If the file is shorter than this it can't be usable anyway.  */
+-  nread = fread (data, sizeof (data), 1, f);
+-  if (nread != 1)
++  nread = gzread (f, data, sizeof (data));
++  if (nread != sizeof (data))
+     {
+       /* Empty files don't set errno.  Calling code can check for
+          this, so make sure errno == 0 just in case it isn't already. */
+-      if (nread == 0)
++      if (nread >= 0)
+         errno = 0;
+       return 0;
+     }
+@@ -838,35 +839,40 @@ open_possibly_compressed_file (char *filename,
+     *compression_program = NULL;
+ 
+   /* Seek back over the magic bytes.  */
+-  if (fseek (f, 0, 0) < 0)
++  if (gzseek (f, 0, SEEK_SET) == -1)
+     return 0;
+ 
+   if (*compression_program)
+     { /* It's compressed, so open a pipe.  */
++      FILE *p;
+       char *command = concat (*compression_program, " -d", "");
+ 
+-      if (fclose (f) < 0)
++      if (gzclose (f) < 0)
+         return 0;
+-      f = freopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN, stdin);
+-      if (!f)
++      p = freopen (*opened_filename, FOPEN_RBIN, stdin);
++      if (!p)
+         return 0;
+-      f = popen (command, "r");
+-      if (!f)
++      p = popen (command, "r");
++      if (!p)
+         {
+           /* Used for error message in calling code. */
+           *opened_filename = command;
+           return 0;
+         }
++      else
++        *is_pipe = 1;
++      return p;
+     }
+   else
+     {
+-#if O_BINARY
++#if 0 && O_BINARY
+       /* Since this is a text file, and we opened it in binary mode,
+          switch back to text mode.  */
+       f = freopen (*opened_filename, "r", f);
+       if (! f)
+ 	return 0;
+ #endif
++      *is_pipe = 0;
+     }
+ 
+   return f;
+@@ -885,7 +891,8 @@ readfile (char *filename, int *sizep,
+     void (*create_callback) (char *), char **opened_filename,
+     char **compression_program)
+ {
+-  FILE *f;
++  void *f;
++  int pipe_p;
+   int filled = 0;
+   int data_size = 8192;
+   char *data = xmalloc (data_size);
+@@ -893,14 +900,20 @@ readfile (char *filename, int *sizep,
+   /* If they passed the space for the file name to return, use it.  */
+   f = open_possibly_compressed_file (filename, create_callback,
+                                      opened_filename,
+-                                     compression_program);
++                                     compression_program,
++                                     &pipe_p);
+ 
+   if (!f)
+     return 0;
+ 
+   for (;;)
+     {
+-      int nread = fread (data + filled, 1, data_size - filled, f);
++      int nread;
++
++      if (pipe_p)
++        nread = fread (data + filled, 1, data_size - filled, f);
++      else
++        nread = gzread (f, data + filled, data_size - filled);
+       if (nread < 0)
+         return 0;
+       if (nread == 0)
+@@ -919,8 +932,10 @@ readfile (char *filename, int *sizep,
+   /* We need to close the stream, since on some systems the pipe created
+      by popen is simulated by a temporary file which only gets removed
+      inside pclose.  */
+-  if (f != stdin)
++  if (pipe_p)
+     pclose (f);
++  else
++    gzclose (f);
+ 
+   *sizep = filled;
+   return data;
+-- 
+2.1.4
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/use_host_makedoc.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/use_host_makedoc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b7f32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo/use_host_makedoc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [cross build specific]
+
+Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
+
+Index: texinfo-5.1/info/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- texinfo-5.1.orig/info/Makefile.am
++++ texinfo-5.1/info/Makefile.am
+@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ cmd_sources = $(srcdir)/session.c $(srcd
+ # more than once.
+ funs.h: makedoc$(EXEEXT) $(cmd_sources)
+ 	rm -f $(generated_sources)
+-	$(top_builddir)/$(native_tools)/info/makedoc $(cmd_sources)
++	makedoc $(cmd_sources)
+ 
+ # The following hack is necessary to hint make before the automatic
+ # dependencies are built.
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo_4.8.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo_4.8.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13678e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo_4.8.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+SUMMARY = "Documentation system for on-line information and printed output"
+DESCRIPTION = "Texinfo is a documentation system that can produce both \
+online information and printed output from a single source file. The \
+GNU Project uses the Texinfo file format for most of its documentation."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"
+SECTION = "console/utils"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
+
+PROVIDES_append_class-native = " texinfo-4.8-replacement-native"
+
+DEPENDS = "zlib ncurses texinfo-4.8-replacement-native"
+DEPENDS_class-native = "zlib-native ncurses-native"
+
+TARGET_PATCH = "file://use_host_makedoc.patch \
+           file://using-native-makeinfo.patch \
+"
+TARGET_PATCH_class-native = ""
+
+SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/texinfo/${BP}.tar.gz \
+           file://check-locale-h.patch \
+           file://do-compile-native-tools.patch \
+           ${TARGET_PATCH} \
+          "
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "4e9a1a591ed236003d0d4b008bf07eef"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1f3cdeebe65fdf510f55d765ab1031b54416aa5bc2635b6a54ef9bcb2367c917"
+
+tex_texinfo = "texmf/tex/texinfo"
+
+inherit gettext autotools
+
+do_install_append() {
+	mkdir -p ${D}${datadir}/${tex_texinfo}
+	install -p -m644 ${S}/doc/texinfo.tex ${S}/doc/txi-??.tex ${D}${datadir}/${tex_texinfo}
+}
+
+do_install_append_class-native() {
+	install -m 755 info/makedoc ${D}${bindir}
+	install -m 755 makeinfo/makeinfo ${D}${bindir}
+}
+
+PACKAGES += "info info-doc"
+
+FILES_info = "${bindir}/info ${bindir}/infokey ${bindir}/install-info"
+FILES_info-doc = "${infodir}/info.info ${infodir}/dir ${infodir}/info-*.info \
+                  ${mandir}/man1/info.1* ${mandir}/man5/info.5* \
+                  ${mandir}/man1/infokey.1* ${mandir}/man1/install-info.1*"
+
+FILES_${PN} = "${bindir}/makeinfo ${bindir}/texi* ${bindir}/pdftexi2dvi ${bindir}/pod2texi ${datadir}/texinfo"
+FILES_${PN}-doc = "${infodir}/texinfo* \
+                   ${datadir}/${tex_texinfo} \
+                   ${mandir}/man1 ${mandir}/man5"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo_6.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo_6.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fb715a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/texinfo/texinfo_6.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+SUMMARY = "Documentation system for on-line information and printed output"
+DESCRIPTION = "Texinfo is a documentation system that can produce both \
+online information and printed output from a single source file. The \
+GNU Project uses the Texinfo file format for most of its documentation."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"
+SECTION = "console/utils"
+LICENSE = "GPLv3+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
+
+PROVIDES_append_class-native = " texinfo-replacement-native"
+
+def compress_pkg(d):
+    if "compress_doc" in (d.getVar("INHERIT", True) or "").split():
+         compress = d.getVar("DOC_COMPRESS", True)
+         if compress == "gz":
+             return "gzip"
+         elif compress == "bz2":
+             return "bzip2"
+         elif compress == "xz":
+             return "xz"
+    return ""
+
+RDEPENDS_info += "${@compress_pkg(d)}"
+
+DEPENDS = "zlib ncurses texinfo-replacement-native"
+DEPENDS_class-native = "zlib-native ncurses-native"
+
+TARGET_PATCH = "file://use_host_makedoc.patch"
+TARGET_PATCH_class-native = ""
+
+SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/texinfo/${BP}.tar.gz \
+           file://texinfo-4.12-zlib.patch \
+           file://disable-native-tools.patch \
+           file://link-zip.patch \
+           file://dont-depend-on-help2man.patch \
+           file://0001-Unset-need_charset_alias-when-building-for-musl.patch \
+           ${TARGET_PATCH} \
+          "
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "e1a2ef5dce5018b53f0f6eed45b247a7"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "83d3183290f34e7f958d209d0b20022c6fe9e921eb6fe94c27d988827d4878d2"
+
+tex_texinfo = "texmf/tex/texinfo"
+
+inherit gettext autotools
+
+do_configure_prepend () {
+	# autotools_do_configure updates po/Makefile.in.in, we also need
+	# update po_document.
+	cp -f ${STAGING_DATADIR_NATIVE}/gettext/po/Makefile.in.in ${S}/po_document/
+}
+
+do_compile_prepend() {
+	if [ -d tools ];then
+		oe_runmake -C tools/gnulib/lib
+	fi
+}
+
+do_install_append() {
+	mkdir -p ${D}${datadir}/${tex_texinfo}
+	install -p -m644 ${S}/doc/texinfo.tex ${S}/doc/txi-??.tex ${D}${datadir}/${tex_texinfo}
+	sed -i -e '1s,#!.*perl,#! ${USRBINPATH}/env perl,' ${D}${bindir}/texi2any ${D}${bindir}/pod2texi
+}
+
+do_install_append_class-native() {
+	install -m 755 info/makedoc ${D}${bindir}
+}
+
+PACKAGES += "info info-doc"
+
+FILES_info = "${bindir}/info ${bindir}/infokey ${bindir}/install-info"
+FILES_info-doc = "${infodir}/info.info* ${infodir}/dir ${infodir}/info-*.info* \
+                  ${mandir}/man1/info.1* ${mandir}/man5/info.5* \
+                  ${mandir}/man1/infokey.1* ${mandir}/man1/install-info.1*"
+
+FILES_${PN} = "${bindir}/makeinfo ${bindir}/texi* ${bindir}/pdftexi2dvi ${bindir}/pod2texi ${datadir}/texinfo"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "perl"
+FILES_${PN}-doc = "${infodir}/texinfo* \
+                   ${datadir}/${tex_texinfo} \
+                   ${mandir}/man1 ${mandir}/man5"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"