Index: catalog.c
--- catalog.c.orig
+++ catalog.c
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@
 #define XML_URN_PUBID "urn:publicid:"
 #define XML_CATAL_BREAK ((xmlChar *) -1)
 #ifndef XML_XML_DEFAULT_CATALOG
-#define XML_XML_DEFAULT_CATALOG "file://" SYSCONFDIR "/xml/catalog"
+#define XML_XML_DEFAULT_CATALOG "file:///var/db/xmlcatalog"
 #endif
 #ifndef XML_SGML_DEFAULT_CATALOG
-#define XML_SGML_DEFAULT_CATALOG "file://" SYSCONFDIR "/sgml/catalog"
+#define XML_SGML_DEFAULT_CATALOG "file:///var/db/sgmlcatalog"
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER)