# --- T2-COPYRIGHT-BEGIN ---
# t2/package/*/ncurses/hotfix-run_tic-cross.patch
# Copyright (C) 2026 The T2 SDE Project
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or patched project license
# --- T2-COPYRIGHT-END ---

--- ncurses-6.6/misc/run_tic.in.vanilla	2026-01-23 01:34:31.319033465 +0100
+++ ncurses-6.6/misc/run_tic.in	2026-01-23 01:41:25.966000000 +0100
@@ -202,34 +202,11 @@
 # of options for 'test'.
 if test "$OLD_DIR" != "$TICDIR" ; then
 	( rm -f "$OLD_DIR" 2>/dev/null )
-	if ( cd "$OLD_DIR" 2>/dev/null )
-	then
-		cd "$OLD_DIR" || exit
-		OLD_DIR=`pwd`
-		if test "$OLD_DIR " != "$TICDIR "; then
-			# Well, we tried.  Some systems lie to us, so the
-			# installer will have to double-check.
-			echo "Verify if $OLD_DIR and $TICDIR are the same."
-			echo "The new terminfo is in $TICDIR; the other should be a link to it."
-			echo "Otherwise, remove $OLD_DIR and link it to $TICDIR."
-		fi
-	else
-		cd "${INSTALL_PREFIX}" || exit
-		# Construct a symbolic link that only assumes $ticdir has the
-		# same $prefix as the other installed directories.
-		SOURCE=`echo "$ticdir"|sed -e 's%^'"$prefix"'/%%'`
-		if test "$SOURCE" != "$ticdir" ; then
-			SOURCE=../`echo "$ticdir"|sed -e 's%^'"$prefix"'/%%' -e 's%^/%%'`
-		fi
-		test -d lib || mkdir lib
-		cd lib || exit
-		TARGET=`pwd`/terminfo
-		if ( @LN_S@ "$SOURCE" terminfo )
-		then
-			echo "** sym-linked $TARGET for compatibility"
-		else
-			echo "** could not sym-link $TARGET for compatibility"
-		fi
-	fi
+               if ( @LN_S@ -r "$TICDIR" "$OLD_DIR" )
+                then
+                       echo "** sym-linked $TICDIR for compatibility"
+                else
+                       echo "** could not sym-link $TICDIR for compatibility"
+                fi
 fi
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