--- /dev/null
+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
+ )