Origin: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?filename=0001-Prefer-libtinfo-over-libcurses.patch;att=1;msg=14;bug=819789
From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 13:31:00 +0200
Subject: Prefer libtinfo over libcurses
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819789
Forwarded: no

Try to link with -ltinfo before -lcurses to avoid a spurious
dependency on systems where ncurses is built with "--with-termlib".
---
 configure.ac | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -626,6 +626,9 @@
 AC_CHECKING(for tgetent)
 AC_TRY_LINK(,tgetent((char *)0, (char *)0);,,
 olibs="$LIBS"
+LIBS="-ltinfo $olibs"
+AC_CHECKING(libtinfo)
+AC_TRY_LINK(,tgetent((char *)0, (char *)0);,,
 LIBS="-lcurses $olibs"
 AC_CHECKING(libcurses)
 AC_TRY_LINK(,[
@@ -650,9 +653,6 @@
 LIBS="-lncurses $olibs"
 AC_CHECKING(libncurses)
 AC_TRY_LINK(,tgetent((char *)0, (char *)0);,,
-LIBS="-ltinfo $olibs"
-AC_CHECKING(libtinfo)
-AC_TRY_LINK(,tgetent((char *)0, (char *)0);,,
 AC_MSG_ERROR(!!! no tgetent - no screen)))))))))
 
 AC_TRY_RUN([