On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 11:11:49AM -0700, Chris Brannon wrote:
> Karl Dahlke <eklhad@comcast.net> writes:
> 
> > I don't think it does any harm to list lncurses in LDLIBS,
> > and for some it solves a problem; so shall I plop it in?
> 
> Yes.  This is also needed for the static build.

Certainly. As you say, it appears to be harmless and fixes things for some 
people.
I'm interested to know why this is needed on some systems and not on others.

Cheers,
Adam.