On Wed, 17 Dec 97 13:47:57 -0500 (EST),
  woods@kuma.web.net (Greg A. Woods) writes:

>> There are already NO_CDROM, NO_PACKAGE and RESTRICTED variables that
>> can be set in a package's Makefile.  Here's how they are described in
>> the FreeBSD documentation (see <URL:ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/
>> FreeBSD-current/doc/handbook/porting.sgml>):

>Oh!  Oops!  Sorry I should've looked first!  This seems to fit the bill
>exactly.  So, what were the objections over the new ncurses again?

What about all the system-supplied base applications and installation
tools that use curses?