diff --git a/base/ncurses/install-no-rm.patch b/base/ncurses/install-no-rm.patch
index 57f4ec9ba..02aadebe3 100644
--- a/base/ncurses/install-no-rm.patch
+++ b/base/ncurses/install-no-rm.patch
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 # 
 # Filename: package/.../ncurses/install-no-rm.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
 # 
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 # 
@@ -28,22 +28,6 @@ when deleting ncurses library, as bash depends on it, the world crashes... badly
  		}
  	}
  function rmlink(directory, dst) {
-@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@
- 		}
- 		printf "%s : %s $(%s_OBJS)\n", dst_libs, directory, OBJS
- 		printf "\t@echo linking $@\n"
--		print "\t-@rm -f %s", dst_libs;
- 		if ( subset == "termlib" || subset == "termlib+ext_tinfo" ) {
- 				make_shlib(OBJS, "TINFO_LIST")
- 		} else {
-@@ -123,7 +121,6 @@
- 		src_name = sprintf("../lib/%s", filename);
- 		dst_name = sprintf("$(DESTDIR)%s/%s", directory, filename);
- 		printf "\t@echo installing %s as %s\n", src_name, dst_name
--		printf "\t-@rm -f %s\n", dst_name
- 		if ( directory == "$(bindir)" ) {
- 			program = "$(INSTALL) -m 755";
- 		} else {
 @@ -257,11 +254,11 @@
  					if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
  						ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s.a", suffix)
diff --git a/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc b/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc
index a4ebbade4..ea19f9f34 100644
--- a/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc
+++ b/base/ncurses/ncurses.desc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY] 
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../ncurses/ncurses.desc
-[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 - 2007 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY] 
@@ -34,19 +34,13 @@
 
 [L] MIT
 [S] Stable
-[V] 5.5-20061104
+[V] 5.6-20070311
 [P] X -1-3-----9 104.000
 
-[D] 1037129130 ncurses-5.5.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/
+[D] 4140944326 ncurses-5.6.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/
 
 # Official patches we include.
 # Important: Preserve the order of the patches
-[D] 2947972476 ncurses-5.5-20060909-patch.sh.bz2 ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.5/
-[D] 2873292544 ncurses-5.5-20060916.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.5/
-[D] 1730347680 ncurses-5.5-20060923.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.5/
-[D] 1076962313 ncurses-5.5-20060930.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.5/
-[D] 4049525363 ncurses-5.5-20061007.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.5/
-[D] 1129993463 ncurses-5.5-20061014.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.5/
-[D] 722337862 ncurses-5.5-20061021.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.5/
-[D] 3305101334 ncurses-5.5-20061028.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.5/
-[D] 3565828860 ncurses-5.5-20061104.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.5/
+[D] 3584753430 ncurses-5.6-20070303-patch.sh.bz2 ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.6/
+[D] 1882521252 ncurses-5.6-20070310.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.6/
+[D] 1047580831 ncurses-5.6-20070311.patch.gz ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/5.6/