--- configure.bak	Fri Aug  7 23:28:32 1998
+++ configure	Thu Feb 11 11:37:53 1999
@@ -5963,6 +5963,7 @@
 	if test $found_tcap != yes ; then
 		case $host_os in #(vi
 		freebsd*)
+if test "${with_ncurses+set}" = set; then
 			# This is only necessary if you are linking against an
 			# obsolete version of ncurses (but it should do no
 			# harm, since it's static).
@@ -6005,7 +6006,7 @@
 else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 fi
-
+		fi
 			;;
 		esac
 	fi