HomeBrew ncurses formula. Includes the pkgconfig files and plays nice with goncurses.

ncurses.rb

require 'formula'

# export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/ncurses/5.9/lib/pkgconfig

class Ncurses < Formula
  homepage 'http://www.gnu.org/s/ncurses/'
  url 'http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz'
  mirror 'http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz'
  sha1 '3e042e5f2c7223bffdaac9646a533b8c758b65b5'

  keg_only :provided_by_osx

  option :universal

  depends_on 'pkg-config' => :build

  # Fix building C++ bindings with clang
  patch :p0 do
    url "https://trac.macports.org/export/103963/trunk/dports/devel/ncurses/files/constructor_types.diff"
    sha1 "60f3e64c7793381307e2a3849df7ae282e46c36e"
  end

  # Stop using obsolete -no-cpp-precomp flag, which breaks FSF GCC
  # Reported upstream by email
  patch :DATA

  def install
    ENV.universal_binary if build.universal?

    mkdir "pkgconfig"
    ENV["PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR"] = "#{buildpath}/pkgconfig"
    system "./configure", "--disable-debug",
                          "--prefix=#{prefix}",
                          "--mandir=#{man}",
                          "--with-shared",
                          "--with-pkg-config",
                          "--enable-pc-files",
                          "--enable-widec",
                          "--with-manpage-format=normal",
                          "--enable-symlinks"
    system "make"
    system "make install"
    p = StringPatch.new :p0, <<EOP
*** pkgconfig.orig/ncursesw.pc	2014-09-30 22:53:22.000000000 +0100
--- pkgconfig/ncursesw.pc	2014-09-30 22:53:22.000000000 +0100
***************
*** 1,7 ****
  prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ncurses/5.9
  exec_prefix=${prefix}
  libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
! includedir=${prefix}/include/ncursesw
  major_version=5
  version=5.9.20110404
  
--- 1,7 ----
  prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ncurses/5.9
  exec_prefix=${prefix}
  libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
! includedir=${prefix}/include
  major_version=5
  version=5.9.20110404
  
EOP
    p.apply
    system "cp", "-a", "#{buildpath}/pkgconfig", lib
    make_libncurses_symlinks
  end

  def make_libncurses_symlinks
    major = version.to_s.split(".")[0]

    cd lib do
      %w{form menu ncurses panel}.each do |name|
        ln_s "lib#{name}w.#{major}.dylib", "lib#{name}.dylib"
        ln_s "lib#{name}w.#{major}.dylib", "lib#{name}.#{major}.dylib"
        ln_s "lib#{name}w.a", "lib#{name}.a"
        ln_s "lib#{name}w_g.a", "lib#{name}_g.a"
      end

      ln_s "libncurses++w.a", "libncurses++.a"
    end

    cd "#{lib}/pkgconfig" do
      %w{form menu ncurses panel}.each do |name|
        ln_s "#{name}w.pc", "#{name}.pc"
      end
    end

    cd bin do
      ln_s "ncursesw#{major}-config", "ncurses#{major}-config"
    end
  end
end

__END__
diff --git a/Ada95/configure b/Ada95/configure
index 4db6f1f..e82bb4b 100755
--- a/Ada95/configure
+++ b/Ada95/configure
@@ -7460,7 +7460,6 @@ CF_EOF
 		chmod +x mk_shared_lib.sh
 		;;
 	darwin*) #(vi
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-no-cpp-precomp"
 		CC_SHARED_OPTS="-dynamic"
 		MK_SHARED_LIB='${CC} ${CFLAGS} -dynamiclib -install_name ${libdir}/`basename $@` -compatibility_version ${ABI_VERSION} -current_version ${ABI_VERSION} -o $@'
 		test "$cf_cv_shlib_version" = auto && cf_cv_shlib_version=abi
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 639b790..25d69b3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5584,7 +5584,6 @@ CF_EOF
 		chmod +x mk_shared_lib.sh
 		;;
 	darwin*) #(vi
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-no-cpp-precomp"
 		CC_SHARED_OPTS="-dynamic"
 		MK_SHARED_LIB='${CC} ${CFLAGS} -dynamiclib -install_name ${libdir}/`basename $@` -compatibility_version ${ABI_VERSION} -current_version ${ABI_VERSION} -o $@'
 		test "$cf_cv_shlib_version" = auto && cf_cv_shlib_version=abi