Hey Nicholas!   
      
    NB> The latest version on github is now ncurses-6.0+20170909-1   
      
   I am using the original GNU release which at ftp.gnu.org the datetime stamp   
   shows "Aug 09  2015".  Currently I am not patching it.  Also at one point I   
   was using the "--with-abi-version=5" when building but that was a couple years   
   ago and since then most of the apps requiring libncurses have long since   
   caught up to the changes and I would have to rebuild them in order to properly   
   check and make sure the version-reversion doesn't break anything.   
      
    NB> Golded does indeed have a compile option for wide ncurses support   
      
   I seem to recall that and as of my last attempt with golded none of it   
   worked.  I may try again if I use the "--with-abi-version=5" option in the   
   future.  Definetly thinking about it.   
      
    NB> I'd be interested in knowing what the kernel people did for the   
    NB> menuconfig app   
      
   Me too and might actually trace the change(s) from a kernel version prior to   
   the release of 6.0 and compare that to a new kernel version's menuconfig usage.   
      
    NB> Archlinux IRC I get responses like:   
      
   Not quite as bad as some of the responses seen on Ubuntu wikis.  For far too   
   many of them even an xterm is unheard of.  Kids these days eh?  :::sigh:::   
      
   If I break down and try a --with-abi-version=5 default ncurses I'll let you   
   know if that fixes the golded issue.  Also if it doesn't break anything else   
   of greater importance I may go back to that instead.  I personally don't use   
   ncurses so it really doesn't matter to me but there are apps I do care about   
   that do and as long as they are happy with 5.9 then that might be the best way   
   to proceed.   
      
   I have my doubts though.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Don't cry for me I have vi.   
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