I have just released rsyslog 0.9.7. This release is slightly unscheduled, it addresses the issue with the new build system in 0.9.6 (and its inconsistent documentation) as well as the problem building for MySQL. This is more or less the only change, for details you can review the change log.
Originally, I wanted to ship a slightly enhanced version at the end of the week, but I have prepared the current release as it solves common trouble (sorry for that, folks). I still intend to ship another version towards the end of the week.