diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1e72e2b..0403a22 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ tmpo="./conf$$-$PPID-$i.o"
 test "$i" -gt 50 && fail "$0: cannot create temporary file $tmpc"
 done
 set +C
-trap 'rm -f "$tmpc" "$tmpo"' EXIT QUIT TERM HUP
-trap 'rm -f "$tmpc" "$tmpo" && echo && fail "$0: interrupted"' INT
+#trap 'rm -f "$tmpc" "$tmpo"' EXIT QUIT TERM HUP
+#trap 'rm -f "$tmpc" "$tmpo" && echo && fail "$0: interrupted"' INT
 
 #
 # Find a C compiler to use
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ fi
 
 have_pkgconfig=no
 printf "checking for pkg-config... "
-cmdexists pkg-config && have_pkgconfig=yes
+#cmdexists pkg-config && have_pkgconfig=yes
 printf "%s\n" "$have_pkgconfig"
 
 if test "$help" = "yes" ; then
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ EOF
 		fi
 
 		CFLAGS_CURSES=""
-		LDFLAGS_CURSES="-l$libcurses"
+		LDFLAGS_CURSES="-l$libcurses -ltermcap"
 
 		if $CC $CFLAGS $CFLAGS_CURSES "$tmpc" \
 			$LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS_CURSES -o "$tmpo" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then