This is a patch to setup ncurses-1.8.5 to compile like it exists in the
Slackware distribution. The apply this patch, do the following:

Untar the 1.8.5.tgz package. 
cd into ./ncurses-1.8.5/src, and type 'Configure linux'.
Then, cd into ./ncurses-1.8.5, and do this:

patch -p1 < ncurses-1.8.5.slack.diff

Then you should be ready to type 'make' in the src directory.


diff -r -c ncurses-1.8.5-orig/src/Makefile ncurses-1.8.5/src/Makefile
*** ncurses-1.8.5-orig/src/Makefile	Thu Apr 28 13:15:22 1994
--- ncurses-1.8.5/src/Makefile	Thu Apr 28 12:25:42 1994
***************
*** 66,78 ****
  PFLAGS= $(FLAGS) -g -p -DTRACE $(CONFIG)
  
  # Base directory; a separate entity to allow user installation
! INSTALL_DIR = /usr/local
  
  # Where the header files will go 
  # Don't use /usr/include as bsd curses could be living there
  # You'll need -I/usr/local/include every time you compile
  # with ncurses, otherwise you'll get the bsd curses
! INCLUDE= $(INSTALL_DIR)/include
  
  # Where the libraries will go
  # gcc knows to look in here, if you change it or you compiler doesn't
--- 66,78 ----
  PFLAGS= $(FLAGS) -g -p -DTRACE $(CONFIG)
  
  # Base directory; a separate entity to allow user installation
! INSTALL_DIR = /usr
  
  # Where the header files will go 
  # Don't use /usr/include as bsd curses could be living there
  # You'll need -I/usr/local/include every time you compile
  # with ncurses, otherwise you'll get the bsd curses
! INCLUDE= $(INSTALL_DIR)/include/ncurses
  
  # Where the libraries will go
  # gcc knows to look in here, if you change it or you compiler doesn't
diff -r -c ncurses-1.8.5-orig/test/Makefile ncurses-1.8.5/test/Makefile
*** ncurses-1.8.5-orig/test/Makefile	Thu Apr 28 13:15:23 1994
--- ncurses-1.8.5/test/Makefile	Thu Apr 28 12:26:02 1994
***************
*** 17,29 ****
  PFLAGS= $(FLAGS) -g -p -DTRACE $(CONFIG)
  
  # Base directory; a separate entity to allow user installation
! INSTALL_DIR = /usr/local
  
  # Where the header files will go 
  # Don't use /usr/include as bsd curses could be living there
  # You'll need -I/usr/local/include every time you compile
  # with ncurses, otherwise you'll get the bsd curses
! INCLUDE= $(INSTALL_DIR)/include
  
  # Where the libraries will go
  # gcc knows to look in here, if you change it or you compiler doesn't
--- 17,29 ----
  PFLAGS= $(FLAGS) -g -p -DTRACE $(CONFIG)
  
  # Base directory; a separate entity to allow user installation
! INSTALL_DIR = /usr
  
  # Where the header files will go 
  # Don't use /usr/include as bsd curses could be living there
  # You'll need -I/usr/local/include every time you compile
  # with ncurses, otherwise you'll get the bsd curses
! INCLUDE= $(INSTALL_DIR)/include/ncurses
  
  # Where the libraries will go
  # gcc knows to look in here, if you change it or you compiler doesn't