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+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - https://libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2017-present Team LibreELEC
+#
+#  LibreELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  LibreELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="ncurses"
+PKG_VERSION="6.0-20170812"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"
+PKG_URL="http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/current/ncurses-$PKG_VERSION.tgz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib"
+PKG_SECTION="devel"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="ncurses: The ncurses (new curses) library"
+PKG_LONGDESC="The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses in System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses terminfo format, supports pads and color and multiple highlights and forms characters and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD curses."
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-ada \
+                           --without-cxx \
+                           --without-cxx-binding \
+                           --disable-db-install \
+                           --without-manpages \
+                           --without-progs \
+                           --without-tests \
+                           --without-shared \
+                           --with-normal \
+                           --without-debug \
+                           --without-profile \
+                           --without-termlib \
+                           --without-ticlib \
+                           --without-gpm \
+                           --without-dbmalloc \
+                           --without-dmalloc \
+                           --disable-rpath \
+                           --disable-overwrite \
+                           --disable-database \
+                           --with-fallbacks=linux,screen,xterm,xterm-color \
+                           --disable-big-core \
+                           --enable-termcap \
+                           --enable-getcap \
+                           --enable-getcap-cache \
+                           --enable-symlinks \
+                           --disable-bsdpad \
+                           --without-rcs-ids \
+                           --enable-ext-funcs \
+                           --disable-const \
+                           --enable-no-padding \
+                           --disable-sigwinch \
+                           --enable-pc-files \
+                           --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig \
+                           --disable-tcap-names \
+                           --without-develop \
+                           --disable-hard-tabs \
+                           --disable-xmc-glitch \
+                           --disable-hashmap \
+                           --disable-safe-sprintf \
+                           --disable-scroll-hints \
+                           --disable-widec \
+                           --disable-echo \
+                           --disable-warnings \
+                           --disable-home-terminfo \
+                           --disable-assertions"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  # causes some segmentation fault's (dialog) when compiled with gcc's link time optimization.
+  strip_lto
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+}
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  cp misc/ncurses-config $TOOLCHAIN/bin
+  chmod +x $TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config
+  $SED "s:\(['=\" ]\)/usr:\\1$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" $TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
+}