Use pkg-config for the libxml2 dependency, not the -config script. Upstream-Status: Pending RP 2014/5/22 Index: libarchive-3.1.2/configure.ac =================================================================== --- libarchive-3.1.2.orig/configure.ac 2013-02-09 17:23:03.000000000 +0000 +++ libarchive-3.1.2/configure.ac 2014-05-13 15:26:45.446499108 +0000 @@ -329,10 +329,10 @@ AS_HELP_STRING([--without-expat], [Don't build support for xar through expat])) if test "x$with_xml2" != "xno"; then - AC_PATH_PROG([XML2_CONFIG], [xml2-config],, [${PATH}]) - if test "x$XML2_CONFIG" != "x"; then - CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} `${XML2_CONFIG} --cflags`" - LIBS="${LIBS} `${XML2_CONFIG} --libs`" + PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PKG_XML2, [libxml-2.0],,) + if test "x$PKG_XML2_CFLAGS" != "x"; then + CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${PKG_XML2_CFLAGS}" + LIBS="${LIBS} ${PKG_XML2_LIBS}" AC_CHECK_LIB(xml2,xmlInitParser,[true],AC_MSG_FAILURE(Missing xml2 library)) else AC_CHECK_LIB(xml2,xmlInitParser)