On a clean FreeBSD 5.3 machine, do:
cd /usr/local/lang/python make install
and you will see, amongst other things:
checking locale.h usability... yes
checking locale.h presence... yes
checking for locale.h... yes
checking ncurses.h usability... no
checking ncurses.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING: ## Report this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ##
configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for ncurses.h... yes
checking poll.h usability... yes
checking poll.h presence... yes
checking for poll.h... yes
checking pthread.h usability... yes
checking pthread.h presence... yes
checking for pthread.h... yes
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