I am not able to compile vcdimager-0.7.20 running:
linux -> kernel 2.4.24
gnu compiler: gcc 3.2
gnu make version 3.79.1

'./configure' reports this:

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking whether gcc accepts -Wall... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wchar-subscripts... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wmissing-prototypes... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wmissing-declarations... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wunused... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wpointer-arith... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wwrite-strings... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wnested-externs... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -Wno-sign-compare... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
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checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
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checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
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checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
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checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 32768
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
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checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking if gcc static flag  works... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared li
braries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for ld used by g++... /usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared li
braries... yes
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld) supports shared li
braries... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
checking for diff... /usr/bin/diff
adding -w to diff in regression tests
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checking for libpopt library... yes
checking for xml2-config... /usr/bin/xml2-config
checking for libxml - version >= 2.3.8... yes (version 2.5.8)
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checking stdbool.h usability... yes
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checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking whether gcc supports ISO C99 _Pragma()... yes
checking how to create empty arrays... []
checking bitfield ordering in structs... LSBF
checking for pkg-config... /usr/local/bin/pkg-config
checking for libcdio >= 0.65... yes
checking LIBCDIO_CFLAGS... -I/usr/local/include
checking LIBCDIO_LIBS... -L/usr/local/lib -lcdio
checking for libiso9660 >= 0.65... yes
checking LIBISO9660_CFLAGS... -I/usr/local/include
checking LIBISO9660_LIBS... -L/usr/local/lib -liso9660 -lcdio
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating libvcd.pc
config.status: creating libvcdinfo.pc
config.status: creating amiga/Makefile
config.status: creating include/Makefile
config.status: creating include/libvcd/Makefile
config.status: creating include/libvcd/version.h
config.status: creating lib/Makefile
config.status: creating frontends/Makefile
config.status: creating frontends/xml/Makefile
config.status: creating frontends/cli/Makefile
config.status: creating docs/Makefile
config.status: creating test/check_common_fn
config.status: creating test/Makefile
config.status: creating vcdimager.spec
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands

Setup:
  Install path:     /usr/local
  Build CLI FE:     yes
  Build XML FE:     yes
  Maintainer mode:  no


make stops with the error:

gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wunused -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wnested-externs -Wno-sign-compare -o vcdxgen vcd_xml_gen.o vcd_xml_common.o vcd_xml_dump.o  -L/usr/lib /usr/lib/libxml2.so -lz -lpthread /usr/lib/libpopt.so ../../lib/.libs/libvcd.a -L/usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/libiso9660.so /usr/local/lib/libcdio.so -lm
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../..  -I../../include/ -I../../lib/ -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/usr/local/include   -I/usr/local/include   -I/usr/include/libxml2    -g -O2  -Wall -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wunused -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wnested-externs -Wno-sign-compare -MT vcd_xml_rip.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/vcd_xml_rip.Tpo" -c -o vcd_xml_rip.o vcd_xml_rip.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/vcd_xml_rip.Tpo" ".deps/vcd_xml_rip.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/vcd_xml_rip.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
cc1: warning: changing search order for system directory "/usr/local/include"
cc1: warning:   as it has already been specified as a non-system directory
vcd_xml_rip.c: In function `main':
vcd_xml_rip.c:1274: `POPT_ARGFLAG_OPTIONAL' undeclared (first use in this function)
vcd_xml_rip.c:1274: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
vcd_xml_rip.c:1274: for each function it appears in.)
make[4]: * [vcd_xml_rip.o] Fehler 1
make[4]: Verlassen des Verzeichnisses »/home/fra/local_src/vcdimager-0.7.20/frontends/xml«
make[3]: * [all] Fehler 2
make[3]: Verlassen des Verzeichnisses »/home/fra/local_src/vcdimager-0.7.20/frontends/xml«
make[2]: * [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[2]: Verlassen des Verzeichnisses »/home/fra/local_src/vcdimager-0.7.20/frontends«
make[1]: * [all-recursive] Fehler 1
make[1]: Verlassen des Verzeichnisses »/home/fra/local_src/vcdimager-0.7.20«
make: * [all] Fehler 2