diff --git a/textproc/libxml/libxml.conf b/textproc/libxml/libxml.conf
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+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../libxml/libxml.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# 
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+hook_add postmake 5 'libxml_catalog'
+libxml_catalog() {
+	local catalog=/etc/xml/catalog
+	if [ ! -s $root$catalog ]; then
+		echo_status "Creating empty $catalog"
+		mkdir -p $root${catalog#/*}
+		xmlcatalog --noout --create $root$catalog
+	fi
+}