Libtool 2.2.2 needs to be able to use top_builddir. Automake usually exports 
this but ncurses doesn't use automake.

RP 14/4/08

Index: ncurses-5.4/ncurses/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- ncurses-5.4.orig/ncurses/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:22:34.000000000 +0100
+++ ncurses-5.4/ncurses/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:22:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 MODEL		= @DFT_LWR_MODEL@
 DESTDIR		= @DESTDIR@
 top_srcdir	= @top_srcdir@
+top_builddir	= @top_srcdir@
 srcdir		= @srcdir@
 prefix		= @prefix@
 exec_prefix	= @exec_prefix@
Index: ncurses-5.4/form/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- ncurses-5.4.orig/form/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:30:35.000000000 +0100
+++ ncurses-5.4/form/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:30:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 MODEL		= @DFT_LWR_MODEL@
 DESTDIR		= @DESTDIR@
 srcdir		= @srcdir@
+top_builddir	= @top_srcdir@
 prefix		= @prefix@
 exec_prefix	= @exec_prefix@
 bindir		= @bindir@
Index: ncurses-5.4/menu/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- ncurses-5.4.orig/menu/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:29:00.000000000 +0100
+++ ncurses-5.4/menu/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:29:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 MODEL		= @DFT_LWR_MODEL@
 DESTDIR		= @DESTDIR@
 srcdir		= @srcdir@
+top_builddir	= @top_srcdir@
 prefix		= @prefix@
 exec_prefix	= @exec_prefix@
 bindir		= @bindir@
Index: ncurses-5.4/panel/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- ncurses-5.4.orig/panel/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:27:40.000000000 +0100
+++ ncurses-5.4/panel/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:27:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 MODEL		= @DFT_LWR_MODEL@
 DESTDIR		= @DESTDIR@
 srcdir		= @srcdir@
+top_builddir	= @top_srcdir@
 prefix		= @prefix@
 exec_prefix	= @exec_prefix@
 bindir		= @bindir@
Index: ncurses-5.4/progs/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- ncurses-5.4.orig/progs/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:24:37.000000000 +0100
+++ ncurses-5.4/progs/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:25:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 MODEL		= ../@DFT_OBJ_SUBDIR@
 DESTDIR		= @DESTDIR@
 srcdir		= @srcdir@
+top_builddir	= @top_srcdir@
 prefix		= @prefix@
 exec_prefix	= @exec_prefix@
 bindir		= @bindir@
Index: ncurses-5.4/tack/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- ncurses-5.4.orig/tack/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:26:05.000000000 +0100
+++ ncurses-5.4/tack/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:26:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 MODEL		= ../@DFT_OBJ_SUBDIR@
 DESTDIR		= @DESTDIR@
 srcdir		= @srcdir@
+top_builddir    = @top_srcdir@
 prefix		= @prefix@
 exec_prefix	= @exec_prefix@
 bindir		= @bindir@
Index: ncurses-5.4/test/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- ncurses-5.4.orig/test/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:32:37.000000000 +0100
+++ ncurses-5.4/test/Makefile.in	2008-04-14 12:32:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 MODEL		= ../@DFT_OBJ_SUBDIR@
 srcdir		= @srcdir@
+top_builddir	= @top_srcdir@
 prefix		= @prefix@
 exec_prefix	= @exec_prefix@
 libdir		= @libdir@