This patch: https://bugs.debian.org/765820 looks good to me (although you no longer need the Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}) bit
Is there any chance of it getting uploaded in the not-too-distant? Having it means that xapian doesn't get in the way of crossbuilding/bootstraping (which it can do via doxygen). Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Debian, Wookware, ARM http://wookware.org/
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