--- configure.old	2011-12-11 16:22:11.000000000 +0000
+++ configure	2011-12-19 21:01:07.000000000 +0000
@@ -16591,6 +16595,58 @@
 $as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_readline_readline" >&6; }
 if test "x$ac_cv_lib_readline_readline" = xyes; then :
   HAVE_LIB_READLINE=1
+else
+  ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "tputs" "ac_cv_func_tputs"
+if test "x$ac_cv_func_tputs" = xyes; then :
+
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for tputs in -lcurses" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for tputs in -lcurses... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_lib_curses_tputs+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lcurses  $LIBS"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char tputs ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+return tputs ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_lib_curses_tputs=yes
+else
+  ac_cv_lib_curses_tputs=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_curses_tputs" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_curses_tputs" >&6; }
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_curses_tputs" = xyes; then :
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_LIBCURSES 1
+_ACEOF
+
+  LIBS="-lcurses $LIBS"
+
+fi
+
+fi
+
 fi