From 06e70292ff89d6799ca42d414c10208842521da8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bennibbelink <79653949+bennibbelink@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:02:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] use pkgconfig imported libxml target

---
 CMakeLists.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 18a7a1ab5..eb41dd393 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ IF(NOT CYCLUS_DOC_ONLY)
 
     # Find LibXML++ and dependencies
     pkg_check_modules(LIBXMLXX IMPORTED_TARGET libxml++-4.0)
-    IF ( NOT LIBXMLXX_LIBRARIES )
+    IF ( NOT LIBXMLXX_FOUND )
        pkg_check_modules(LIBXMLXX REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libxml++-2.6)
-    ENDIF ( NOT LIBXMLXX_LIBRARIES )
-    SET(LIBS ${LIBS} ${LIBXMLXX_LIBRARIES})
+    ENDIF ( NOT LIBXMLXX_FOUND )
+    SET(LIBS ${LIBS} PkgConfig::LIBXMLXX)
     message("-- LibXML++ Include Dir: ${LIBXMLXX_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
     message("-- LibXML++ Librarires: ${LIBXMLXX_LIBRARIES}")
 

From 99798e82520dccc6143c252d61faabfe3103d7fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bennibbelink <79653949+bennibbelink@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:06:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update CHANGELOG

---
 CHANGELOG.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 989d8e73f..2daf88dc5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Since last release
 **Changed:**
 
 * Rely on ``python3`` in environment instead of ``python`` (#602)
+* Link against ``libxml++`` imported target in CMake instead of ``LIBXMLXX_LIBRARIES`` (#608)
 
 **Fixed:**