diff --git a/package/base/ncurses/file-outside-basedir.patch b/package/base/ncurses/file-outside-basedir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6affae1ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/ncurses/file-outside-basedir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+This prevents the creation of a temporary file outside the root directory
+
+--- ./configure~	2007-08-27 18:53:31.000000000 +0200
++++ ./configure	2007-08-27 18:54:52.000000000 +0200
+@@ -3557,6 +3557,8 @@
+     ac_cv_sys_long_file_names=no
+     rm -rf $ac_xdir 2>/dev/null
+     break
++  else
++    break
+   fi
+   rm -rf $ac_xdir 2>/dev/null
+ done
diff --git a/package/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf b/package/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
index d0a3b0d64..69cbbcbdf 100644
--- a/package/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
+++ b/package/base/ncurses/ncurses.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # 
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
@@ -20,17 +21,23 @@
 # 
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-libdir=$root/lib
+libdir=$root/$multilib
 includedir=$includedir/ncurses
 
 custmain=ncurses_main
 
 var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--with-shared'
-if pkginstalled libtool && [ ${stagelevel} -gt 3 ] ; then
+if pkginstalled libtool && [ ${stagelevel} -ge 3 ] ; then
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--with-libtool'
 else
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--with-normal'
 fi
+if [ $stagelevel -le 2 ] ; then
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--without-ada'
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--without-cxx --without-cxx-bindings'
+fi
+
+var_append makeinstopt ' ' "'INSTALL_LIB=\$(INSTALL) -m 755'"
 
 prepatch="bunzip2 < $archdir/termtypes.ti.bz2 > misc/terminfo.src"
 
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ remove_include_termcap() {
 
 if pkginstalled termcap ; then
 	echo_status "Found termcap package ->" \
-			"disable ncurses internal termcap library."
+		"disable ncurses internal termcap library."
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--disable-termcap'
 	inmake="remove_include_termcap"
 else
@@ -54,13 +61,7 @@ fi
 hook_add postmake 7 "\
 	ln -svf libncurses.so $libdir/libcurses.so; \
 	ln -svf libncurses.a $libdir/libcurses.a; \
-	ln -svf ncurses/ncurses.h ncurses/curses.h ncurses/term.h ncurses/unctrl.h $includedir/../"
-
-if [ $stagelevel = 1 ] ; then
-	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--without-cxx --without-cxx-bindings'
-fi
-
-var_append makeinstopt ' ' "'INSTALL_LIB=\$(INSTALL) -m 755'"
+	ln -svf ncurses/{ncurses,curses,term,unctrl}.h $includedir/../"
 
 ncurses_main() {
 	ncurses_build
@@ -79,4 +80,3 @@ ncurses_build() {
 	eval "$MAKE $makeinstopt"
 	hook_eval postmake
 }
-