* check ncurses first, such that we only link agains (system) termcap if
  necessary (never the case in prefix) -- grobian@gentoo.org

--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 AC_CHECK_LIB(kvm, kvm_open)
 # -lmld -lmach
 AC_CHECK_LIB(mach, vm_statistics)
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS(tgetent, termcap curses ncurses)
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(tgetent, ncurses curses termcap)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(m, exp)
 
 # check for libraries required by extension