diff --git a/missing b/missing
index 09edd88..894e786 100755
--- a/missing
+++ b/missing
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Common stub for a few missing GNU programs while installing.
 
-scriptversion=2005-02-08.22
+scriptversion=2005-06-08.21
 
 # Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
 #   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
-# 02111-1307, USA.
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301, USA.
 
 # As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
 # distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@
       # ... or it is derived from the source name (dir/f.texi becomes f.info)
       test -z "$file" && file=`echo "$infile" | sed 's,.*/,,;s,.[^.]*$,,'`.info
     fi
+    # If the file does not exist, the user really needs makeinfo;
+    # let's fail without touching anything.
+    test -f $file || exit 1
     touch $file
     ;;