--- screen-3.9.9/configure.in.orig	Mon Jun 11 20:11:26 2001
+++ screen-3.9.9/configure.in	Mon Jun 11 20:25:12 2001
@@ -619,14 +619,14 @@
 tgetent((char *)0, (char *)0);
 #endif
 ],,
+LIBS="-lncurses $olibs"
+AC_CHECKING(libncurses)
+AC_TRY_LINK(,tgetent((char *)0, (char *)0);,,
 LIBS="-ltermcap $olibs"
 AC_CHECKING(libtermcap)
 AC_TRY_LINK(,tgetent((char *)0, (char *)0);,,
 LIBS="-ltermlib $olibs"
 AC_CHECKING(libtermlib)
-AC_TRY_LINK(,tgetent((char *)0, (char *)0);,,
-LIBS="-lncurses $olibs"
-AC_CHECKING(libncurses)
 AC_TRY_LINK(,tgetent((char *)0, (char *)0);,,
 AC_MSG_ERROR(!!! no tgetent - no screen))))))