Don't overlink with libxml2's dependencies. --- configure.orig 2006-04-27 13:27:08.000000000 -0500 +++ configure 2022-09-23 03:10:15.000000000 -0500 @@ -3432,7 +3432,7 @@ XML_CFLAGS=`$XML_CONFIG --cflags` -XML_LIBS=`$XML_CONFIG --libs` +XML_LIBS=`$XML_CONFIG --libs --dynamic`