diff -r 7f0afd31d602 -r 61e81db78cf4 configure
--- a/configure	Sat May 02 21:50:09 2009 +0000
+++ b/configure	Mon May 11 20:24:29 2009 +0000
@@ -350,7 +350,13 @@
 has_or_abort inc="ncurses/ncurses.h ncurses/curses.h ncurses.h curses.h"    \
              err="'ncurses' headers files were not found"
 
-has_or_abort lib="$( echo lib{ncursesw,ncurses,curses}.{so,a,dylib} )"  \
+ncurses_libs="$( for l in ncursesw ncurses curses; do   \
+                     for x in so a dylib; do            \
+                         printf "lib$l.$x ";            \
+                     done;                              \
+                 done                                   \
+               )"
+has_or_abort lib="${ncurses_libs}"                  \
              err="'ncurses' library was not found"
 
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