diff -r b0cc1bf3e851 -r e29a762bbadf scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh
--- a/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh	Sat Jul 30 00:05:53 2011 +0200
+++ b/scripts/build/debug/300-gdb.sh	Wed Aug 17 23:53:49 2011 +0200
@@ -197,13 +197,16 @@
                 --build=${CT_BUILD}                                             \
                 --host=${CT_BUILD}                                              \
                 --prefix=/usr                                                   \
-                --without-shared                                                \
                 --enable-symlinks                                               \
                 --with-build-cc=${CT_REAL_BUILD}-gcc                            \
                 --with-build-cpp=${CT_REAL_BUILD}-gcc                           \
                 --with-build-cflags="${CT_CFLAGS_FOR_HOST}"                     \
                 "${ncurses_opts[@]}"
 
+            # ncurses insists on linking tic statically. It does not work
+            # on some OSes (eg. MacOS-X/Darwin/whatever-you-call-it).
+            CT_DoExecLog DEBUG sed -r -i -e 's/-static//g;' "progs/Makefile"
+
             # Under some operating systems (eg. Winblows), there is an
             # extension appended to executables. Find that.
             tic_ext=$(grep -E '^x[[:space:]]*=' progs/Makefile |sed -r -e 's/^.*=[[:space:]]*//;')