diff --git a/package/base/ncurses/head-tail.patch b/package/base/ncurses/head-tail.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d37bc13c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/ncurses/head-tail.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff -dur ncurses-5.3/configure ncurses-5.3-p/configure
+--- ncurses-5.3/configure	2002-09-22 02:49:14.000000000 +0200
++++ ncurses-5.3-p/configure	2004-11-04 19:10:01.187625096 +0100
+@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@
+ if test "$GCC" = yes ; then
+ 	echo "$as_me:1964: checking version of gcc" >&5
+ echo $ECHO_N "checking version of gcc... $ECHO_C" >&6
+-	GCC_VERSION="`${CC} --version|head -1`"
++	GCC_VERSION="`${CC} --version|head -n1`"
+ 	echo "$as_me:1967: result: $GCC_VERSION" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}$GCC_VERSION" >&6
+ fi
+@@ -2850,7 +2850,7 @@
+ if test "$GXX" = yes; then
+ 	echo "$as_me:2851: checking version of g++" >&5
+ echo $ECHO_N "checking version of g++... $ECHO_C" >&6
+-	GXX_VERSION="`${CXX-g++} --version|head -1`"
++	GXX_VERSION="`${CXX-g++} --version|head -n1`"
+ 	echo "$as_me:2854: result: $GXX_VERSION" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}$GXX_VERSION" >&6
+ 	case $GXX_VERSION in
+Nur in ncurses-5.3-p/: configure~.
+diff -dur ncurses-5.3/configure.in ncurses-5.3-p/configure.in
+--- ncurses-5.3/configure.in	2002-09-15 02:11:28.000000000 +0200
++++ ncurses-5.3-p/configure.in	2004-11-04 19:09:52.302975768 +0100
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
+ GCC_VERSION=none
+ if test "$GCC" = yes ; then
+ 	AC_MSG_CHECKING(version of gcc)
+-	GCC_VERSION="`${CC} --version|head -1`"
++	GCC_VERSION="`${CC} --version|head -n1`"
+ 	AC_MSG_RESULT($GCC_VERSION)
+ fi
+ 
+@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
+ GXX_VERSION=none
+ if test "$GXX" = yes; then
+ 	AC_MSG_CHECKING(version of g++)
+-	GXX_VERSION="`${CXX-g++} --version|head -1`"
++	GXX_VERSION="`${CXX-g++} --version|head -n1`"
+ 	AC_MSG_RESULT($GXX_VERSION)
+ 	case $GXX_VERSION in
+ 	1*|2.[[0-6]]*)
+Nur in ncurses-5.3-p/: configure.in~.