Hi, do you have any idea about the following error: *** Warning: Linking the shared library lib_batxml.la against the loadable module *** lib_xml.so is not portable! *** Warning: lib lib_xml.so is a module, not a shared library *** And there doesn't seem to be a static archive available *** The link will probably fail, sorry Attached are the libtool's actions concerning the previous error. Furthermore, if it is relevant to my question, i provide the following information: MonetDB_Mar2011$ find . -name 'lib_xml*' ./monetdb5/extras/xml/.libs/lib_xml.la ./monetdb5/extras/xml/.libs/lib_xml.lai ./monetdb5/extras/xml/.libs/lib_xml.so ./monetdb5/extras/xml/.libs/lib_xml.so.dSYM ./monetdb5/extras/xml/.libs/lib_xml.so.dSYM/Contents/Resources/DWARF/lib_xml.so ./monetdb5/extras/xml/.libs/lib_xml_la-xml.o ./monetdb5/extras/xml/lib_xml.la ./monetdb5/extras/xml/lib_xml_la-xml.lo And last, i can assure you that there is a static library in my system for libxml (/usr/local/Cellar/libxml2/2.7.7/lib/libxml2.a) and the directory containing it has been included in the PKG_CONFIG_PATH explicitly (you can check this by inspecting the attached file). Thanks, Babis