diff --git a/common b/common
index 2d7b19ccea..fd02f1d955 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2d7b19ccea5558f1689a287374f645a593291407
+Subproject commit fd02f1d955e13407fd27314b1568023bd2061df7
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 48c5b9198e..61d6541b0b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XML, libxml-2.0, HAVE_LIBXML2=yes, HAVE_LIBXML2=no)
 if test "x$HAVE_LIBXML2" = "xyes"; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBXML2)
 else
-  AC_ERROR([Need libxml2 for glib2 builds -- you should be able to do without it -- this needs fixing])
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([Need libxml2 for glib2 builds -- you should be able to do without it -- this needs fixing])
 fi
 AC_SUBST(LIBXML_PKG)
 AC_SUBST(XML_LIBS)