--- /usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses-5.4-r6.ebuild	2005-08-23 17:36:41.000000000 -0700
+++ /usr/local/portage/sys-libs/ncurses/ncurses-5.4-r6.ebuild	2005-12-09 15:40:40.000000000 -0800
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 	# We need the basic terminfo files in /etc, bug #37026.  We will
 	# add '--with-terminfo-dirs' and then populate /etc/terminfo in
 	# src_install() ...
+	unset TERMINFO
 	econf \
 		--libdir=/$(get_libdir) \
 		--with-terminfo-dirs="/etc/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo" \