diff --git a/README.quickstart b/README.quickstart
index 569d275..95e5a9c 100644
--- a/README.quickstart
+++ b/README.quickstart
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Debian (sarge and sid) packages:
  libxslt1-python2.3
  python2.3-pyopenssl
 
+NB: latest updates to the code (2005-01-23) require a recent libxml2.
+Version 2.6.11, which is currently in Sarge, is too old.
+Recent packages libxml2 and libxml2-python2.3 are in experimental.
+
 For DBXML support, add this to /etc/apt/sources.list
 deb http://www.lesdeveloppementsdurables.org/debian/ sarge dbxml
 deb-src http://www.lesdeveloppementsdurables.org/debian/ sarge dbxml