Index: catalog.c
--- catalog.c.orig
+++ catalog.c
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@
 #define XML_URN_PUBID "urn:publicid:"
 #define XML_CATAL_BREAK ((xmlChar *) -1)
 #ifndef XML_XML_DEFAULT_CATALOG
-#define XML_XML_DEFAULT_CATALOG "file://" XML_SYSCONFDIR "/xml/catalog"
+#define XML_XML_DEFAULT_CATALOG "file:///var/db/xmlcatalog"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef LIBXML_SGML_CATALOG_ENABLED
 #ifndef XML_SGML_DEFAULT_CATALOG
-#define XML_SGML_DEFAULT_CATALOG "file://" XML_SYSCONFDIR "/sgml/catalog"
+#define XML_SGML_DEFAULT_CATALOG "file:///var/db/sgmlcatalog"
 #endif
 #endif
 
