diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+#
+#    Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Nest, Inc.
+#    All rights reserved.
+#
+#    This document is the property of Nest. It is considered
+#    confidential and proprietary information.
+#
+#    This document may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form,
+#    in whole or in part, without the express written permission of
+#    Nest.
+#
+#    Description:
+#      This file is the makefile for ncurses, a System V curses
+#      replacement, itself a programming library providing an API, for
+#      terminal-independent screen control.
+#
+
+
+include pre.mak
+
+PackageName		:= ncurses
+
+PackageExtension	:= tar.gz
+PackageSeparator	:= -
+
+PackagePatchArgs	:=
+
+PackageArchive		:= $(PackageName).$(PackageExtension)
+PackageSourceDir	:= $(PackageName)$(PackageSeparator)$(PackageVersion)
+
+PackageBuildMakefile	= $(call GenerateBuildPaths,Makefile)
+
+CleanPaths		+= $(PackageLicenseFile)
+
+SOURCEDIRS                      = $(PackageSourceDir)
+$(PackageSourceDir)_RULE_TARGET = $(BuildDirectory)/configure
+
+all: $(PackageDefaultGoal)
+
+# Generate the package license contents.
+
+$(PackageSourceDir)/README: $(BuildDirectory)/source
+
+$(PackageLicenseFile): $(PackageSourceDir)/README
+	$(Verbose)head -n 27 < $< > $@
+
+# Extract the source from the archive and apply patches, if any.
+
+$(PackageSourceDir): $(PackageArchive) $(PackagePatchPaths)
+	$(expand-and-patch-package)
+
+# Prepare the sources.
+
+$(BuildDirectory)/source: | $(PackageSourceDir)
+	$(Verbose)touch $@
+
+# Patch the sources, if necessary.
+
+$(BuildDirectory)/patch: $(BuildDirectory)/source
+	$(Verbose)touch $@
+
+# Generate the package build makefile.
+
+# Configure the source for building.
+
+$(BuildDirectory)/configure: $(BuildDirectory)/source | $(PackageSourceDir) $(BuildDirectory) $(ResultDirectory)
+	$(Verbose)cd $(BuildDirectory) && \
+	$(CURDIR)/$(PackageSourceDir)/configure \
+	CC="$(CC)" CXX="$(CXX)" AR=$(AR) NM=$(NM) RANLIB=$(RANLIB) STRIP=$(STRIP) \
+	INSTALL="$(INSTALL) $(INSTALLFLAGS)" \
+	--build=$(HostTuple) \
+	--host=$(TargetTuple) \
+	--with-shared \
+	--without-debug \
+	--prefix=/usr \
+	--sysconfdir=/etc \
+	--localstatedir=/var
+	$(Verbose)touch $@
+
+# Build the source.
+#
+# We have to unset MAKEFLAGS since they confuse the package build otherwise.
+
+$(BuildDirectory)/build: $(BuildDirectory)/configure
+	$(Verbose)unset MAKEFLAGS && \
+	$(MAKE) $(JOBSFLAG) -C $(BuildDirectory) all
+	$(Verbose)touch $@
+
+# Stage the build to a temporary installation area.
+#
+# We have to unset MAKEFLAGS since they confuse the package build otherwise.
+
+$(BuildDirectory)/stage: $(BuildDirectory)/build | $(ResultDirectory)
+	$(Verbose)unset MAKEFLAGS && \
+	$(MAKE) $(JOBSFLAG) -C $(BuildDirectory) DESTDIR=$(ResultDirectory) install
+	$(Verbose)touch $@
+
+.PHONY: stage
+stage: $(BuildDirectory)/stage
+
+clean:
+	$(Verbose)$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) -r $(PackageSourceDir)
+	$(Verbose)$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) -r $(BuildDirectory)
+	$(Verbose)$(RM) $(RMFLAGS) -r $(ResultDirectory)
+
+include post.mak
diff --git a/ncurses.tar.gz b/ncurses.tar.gz
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diff --git a/ncurses.url b/ncurses.url
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+ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.7.tar.gz
diff --git a/ncurses.version b/ncurses.version
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+5.7