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-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
index 827a556a4688..e6db7af6ee2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ncurses/default.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = lib.optional (mouseSupport && stdenv.isLinux) gpm;
 
   preConfigure = ''
+    # These paths end up in the default lookup chain.
+    export TERMINFO_DIRS=/etc/terminfo
+
     export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$dev/lib/pkgconfig"
     mkdir -p "$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR"
     configureFlagsArray+=(