--- /dev/null
+use pkg-config to look up ncurses deps to support things like split tinfo
+
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
+ AC_PROG_SED
+ AC_PROG_YACC
+ AM_PROG_LEX
++PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+
+ AC_C_INLINE
+ AC_C_CONST
+@@ -304,9 +305,9 @@
+ fi
+
+ if test "x$check_curses" != xno; then
+-AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent, [],
+- [AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, ,
+- [AC_MSG_ERROR(Required curses library not found.)])])
++ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSES], [ncurses])
++ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $NCURSES_CFLAGS"
++ LIBS="$LIBS $NCURSES_LIBS"
+ fi
+
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(elf, elf_begin, [],
"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-configure-withval.patch
"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-binutils.patch
"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-uselib.patch #592226
+ "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-ncurses-config.patch
)
src_prepare() {