--- avidemux-0.9/avidemux/prefs.cpp	2003-02-26 19:56:20.000000000 +0000
+++ avidemux-0.9.new/avidemux/prefs.cpp	2003-07-19 14:21:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -53,8 +53,11 @@
 // </prefs_gen>
 
 #ifdef USE_LIBXML2
+
+#ifndef LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED
 int xmlSaveNoEmptyTags  = 1;      /* save empty tags as <empty></empty> */
 int xmlIndentTreeOutput = 1;      /* try to indent the tree dumps */
+#endif
 
 void erase_blank_nodes(xmlNodePtr cur){
   /* erase all blank-nodes recursive; they deny IndentTreeOutput !!! */
@@ -126,7 +129,12 @@
 #include "prefs.h"
 
 preferences::preferences(){
+#ifdef LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED
+   xmlSaveNoEmptyTags;
+   xmlIndentTreeOutput;
+#else
 	;
+#endif   
 }
 
 preferences::~preferences(){