Issue867: configure will not detect if ncurses is built with separate tinfo library

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Title	configure will not detect if ncurses is built with separate tinfo library
Type	defect	Module	core code 21.5
Severity	inconvenience	Platform	N/A
Keywords		Nosy List	matsl

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Created on 2014-02-01.16:08:11 by matsl, last changed 2014-02-01.16:08:11 by matsl.

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Date: 2014-02-01.16:08:09

ncurses can be provided as one, ncurses, or as two libraries: ncurses and 
tinfo. Configure will not detect ncurses in the later case. 

If explicitly requesting ncurses with with-ncurses it will fail to link 
with tinfo and the build fails.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2014-02-01 16:08:11	matsl	create