--- ncurses-5.2/c++/cursesw.cc	
+++ ncurses-5.2/c++/cursesw.cc	
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ 
 int
 NCursesWindow::scanw(const char* fmt, ...)
 {
-#if defined(__GNUG__)
+#if (__GNUG__ <= 2)
     va_list args;
     va_start(args, fmt);
     char buf[BUFSIZ];
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ 
 int
 NCursesWindow::scanw(int y, int x, const char* fmt, ...)
 {
-#if defined(__GNUG__)
+#if (__GNUG__ <= 2)
     va_list args;
     va_start(args, fmt);
     char buf[BUFSIZ];
--- ncurses-5.2/c++/cursesw.h	
+++ ncurses-5.2/c++/cursesw.h	
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 
 #include <etip.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#ifdef __MWERKS__
+#if defined(__MWERKS__) || __GNUG__ >=3
 /* This is a bogus check, stringstream is actually ANSI C++ standard,
  * but old compilers like GCC don't have it, and new compilers like Metrowerks
  * don't have strstream