When trying to build 2.2.2 (Mandrake 9.1 Linux), I got
errors when trying to compile _cursesmodule.c. This is
because py_curses uses WINDOW.

Ultimately, I traced this to my configuration: I had a
curses.h file (from somewhere), I had ncurses 5.2
installed (part of the standard Mandrake RPM-based
installation), but I didn't have libncurses-devel
installed. I installed that RPM and the modules
compiled (and tested) correctly.

The "configure" program didn't catch this problem.
Python compiled and ran anyway, but I would expect that
the requirement for an obscure "devel" package ought to
be flagged, either in the README or in the configure
script.

I'd submit a fix, but I don't know what the behavior is
*supposed* to be. What I see from the output of
"configure" is that configure *still* didn't find the
"ncurses.h" file, even though the compiler caught it later.

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It's unclear that this is a bug; the configure script looks for ncurses.h, and 
uses curses.h if it isn't found.  It may not have found ncurses.h because 
attempting to compile with that header file failed for some other reason, 
other than it not existing.  In any case, it's Mandrake's problem if it 
includes header files that don't work.