diff -Nru ncurses-5.1/configure ncurses-5.1.new/configure
--- ncurses-5.1/configure	Fri Jul  7 17:11:50 2000
+++ ncurses-5.1.new/configure	Thu Oct 12 01:39:58 2000
@@ -2169,12 +2169,12 @@
 						else
 							echo .. \$verb alias \$cf_alias\${suffix}
 							rm -f \$cf_alias\${suffix}
-							$LN_S \$target \$cf_alias\${suffix}
+							echo ".so \$target" > \$cf_alias\${suffix}
 						fi
 					else
 						echo .. \$verb alias \$cf_alias\${suffix}
 						rm -f \$cf_alias\${suffix}
-						$LN_S \$target \$cf_alias\${suffix}
+						echo ".so \$target" > \$cf_alias\${suffix}
 					fi
 				done
 			)