--- /home/me/gentoo/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses-6.0-r1.ebuild	2017-12-11 03:40:54.399902401 -0600
+++ ncurses-9999.ebuild	2017-12-30 20:12:50.300354415 -0600
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI="5"
+EAPI="6"
 
 inherit eutils flag-o-matic toolchain-funcs multilib-minimal multiprocessing
 
-MY_PV=${PV:0:3}
-PV_SNAP=${PV:4}
-MY_P=${PN}-${MY_PV}
 DESCRIPTION="console display library"
-HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ http://dickey.his.com/ncurses/"
-SRC_URI="mirror://gnu/ncurses/${MY_P}.tar.gz"
+HOMEPAGE="http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] ; then
+	inherit git-r3
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/mirror/${PN}.git"
+	S="${WORKDIR}/${PF}"
+else
+	inherit versionator
+	MY_P="${PN}-$(replace_version_separator 2 -)"
+	SRC_URI="https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/current/${MY_P}.tgz"
+	S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
+fi
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
 # The subslot reflects the SONAME.
@@ -27,21 +34,9 @@
 	!<x11-terms/st-0.6-r1
 	!app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs"
 
-S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
-
-PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-6.0-gfbsd.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-5.7-nongnu.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-6.0-rxvt-unicode-9.15.patch" #192083 #383871
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-6.0-pkg-config.patch"
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-5.9-gcc-5.patch" #545114
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-6.0-ticlib.patch" #557360
-	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-6.0-cppflags-cross.patch" #601426
-)
-
 src_prepare() {
-	[[ -n ${PV_SNAP} ]] && epatch "${WORKDIR}"/${MY_P}-${PV_SNAP}-patch.sh
-	epatch "${PATCHES[@]}"
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-6.0-unified.patch"
+	eapply_user
 }
 
 src_configure() {
@@ -277,13 +272,3 @@
 	dodoc ANNOUNCE MANIFEST NEWS README* TO-DO doc/*.doc
 	use doc && dohtml -r doc/html/
 }
-
-pkg_preinst() {
-	preserve_old_lib /$(get_libdir)/libncurses.so.5
-	use unicode && preserve_old_lib /$(get_libdir)/libncursesw.so.5
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	preserve_old_lib_notify /$(get_libdir)/libncurses.so.5
-	use unicode && preserve_old_lib_notify /$(get_libdir)/libncursesw.so.5
-}