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diff --git a/mk-1st.awk b/mk-1st.awk
index 87dcdee2..75811d45 100644
--- a/mk-1st.awk
+++ b/mk-1st.awk
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# $Id: mk-1st.awk,v 1.75 2007/02/24 22:10:21 tom Exp $
+# $Id: mk-1st.awk,v 1.123 2021/08/15 20:01:44 tom Exp $
 ##############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                #
+# Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                  #
+# Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                    #
 #                                                                            #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a    #
 # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), #
@@ -34,31 +35,40 @@
 #	name		  (library name, e.g., "ncurses", "panel", "forms", "menus")
 #	traces		  ("all" or "DEBUG", to control whether tracing is compiled in)
 #	MODEL		  (e.g., "DEBUG", uppercase; toupper is not portable)
+#	CXX_MODEL	  (e.g., "DEBUG", uppercase)
+#	LIB_SUFFIX	  (e.g., "", "w", "t", "tw")
+#	USE_LIB_SUFFIX (e.g., "", "w", "t", "tw")
 #	model		  (directory into which we compile, e.g., "obj")
 #	prefix		  (e.g., "lib", for Unix-style libraries)
 #	suffix		  (e.g., "_g.a", for debug libraries)
 #	subset		  ("none", "base", "base+ext_funcs" or "termlib", etc.)
+#	driver		  ("yes" or "no", depends on --enable-term-driver)
 #	ShlibVer	  ("rel", "abi" or "auto", to augment DoLinks variable)
 #	ShlibVerInfix ("yes" or "no", determines location of version #)
-#   TermlibRoot   ("tinfo" or other root for libterm.so)
+#	SymLink		  ("ln -s", etc)
+#	TermlibRoot	  ("tinfo" or other root for libterm.so)
+#	TermlibSuffix (".so" or other suffix for libterm.so)
 #	ReLink		  ("yes", or "no", flag to rebuild shared libs on install)
+#	ReRanlib	  ("yes", or "no", flag to rerun ranlib for installing static)
 #	DoLinks		  ("yes", "reverse" or "no", flag to add symbolic links)
 #	rmSoLocs	  ("yes" or "no", flag to add extra clean target)
 #	ldconfig	  (path for this tool, if used)
+#	make_phony    ("yes" if the make-program accepts ".PHONY" directive.
 #	overwrite	  ("yes" or "no", flag to add link to libcurses.a
 #	depend		  (optional dependencies for all objects, e.g, ncurses_cfg.h)
 #	host		  (cross-compile host, if any)
+#	libtool_version (libtool "-version-info" or "-version-number")
 #
 # Notes:
 #	CLIXs nawk does not like underscores in command-line variable names.
 #	Mixed-case variable names are ok.
-#	HP/UX requires shared libraries to have executable permissions.
+#	HP-UX requires shared libraries to have executable permissions.
 #
 function is_ticlib() {
 		return ( subset ~ /^ticlib$/ );
 	}
 function is_termlib() {
-		return ( subset ~ /^(ticlib\+)?termlib(\+ext_tinfo)?$/ );
+		return ( subset ~ /^(ticlib\+)?termlib((\+[^+ ]+)*\+[a-z_]+_tinfo)?$/ );
 	}
 # see lib_name
 function lib_name_of(a_name) {
@@ -66,9 +76,11 @@ function lib_name_of(a_name) {
 	}
 # see imp_name
 function imp_name_of(a_name) {
-		if (ShlibVerInfix == "cygdll") {
+		if (ShlibVerInfix == "cygdll" || ShlibVerInfix == "msysdll" || ShlibVerInfix == "mingw") {
 			result = sprintf("%s%s%s.a", prefix, a_name, suffix);
-		} else {
+		} else if (ShlibVerInfix == "msvcdll") {
+			result = sprintf("%s%s%s.lib", prefix, a_name, suffix);
+		} else{
 			result = "";
 		}
 		return result;
@@ -77,6 +89,10 @@ function imp_name_of(a_name) {
 function abi_name_of(a_name) {
 		if (ShlibVerInfix == "cygdll") {
 			result = sprintf("%s%s$(ABI_VERSION)%s", "cyg", a_name, suffix);
+		} else if (ShlibVerInfix == "msysdll") {
+			result = sprintf("%s%s$(ABI_VERSION)%s", "msys-", a_name, suffix);
+		} else if (ShlibVerInfix == "mingw" || ShlibVerInfix == "msvcdll") {
+			result = sprintf("%s%s$(ABI_VERSION)%s", prefix, a_name, suffix);
 		} else if (ShlibVerInfix == "yes") {
 			result = sprintf("%s%s.$(ABI_VERSION)%s", prefix, a_name, suffix);
 		} else {
@@ -88,6 +104,10 @@ function abi_name_of(a_name) {
 function rel_name_of(a_name) {
 		if (ShlibVerInfix == "cygdll") {
 			result = sprintf("%s%s$(REL_VERSION)%s", "cyg", a_name, suffix);
+		} else if (ShlibVerInfix == "msysdll") {
+			result = sprintf("%s%s$(ABI_VERSION)%s", "msys-", a_name, suffix);
+		} else if (ShlibVerInfix == "mingw" || ShlibVerInfix == "msvcdll") {
+			result = sprintf("%s%s$(REL_VERSION)%s", prefix, a_name, suffix);
 		} else if (ShlibVerInfix == "yes") {
 			result = sprintf("%s%s.$(REL_VERSION)%s", prefix, a_name, suffix);
 		} else {
@@ -104,7 +124,7 @@ function end_name_of(a_name) {
 		} else {
 			if ( ShlibVer == "rel" ) {
 				result = rel_name_of(a_name);
-			} else if ( ShlibVer == "abi" || ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
+			} else if ( ShlibVer == "abi" || ShlibVer == "cygdll" || ShlibVer == "msysdll" || ShlibVer == "mingw" || ShlibVer == "msvcdll" ) {
 				result = abi_name_of(a_name);
 			} else {
 				result = lib_name_of(a_name);
@@ -114,36 +134,53 @@ function end_name_of(a_name) {
 	}
 function symlink(src,dst) {
 		if ( src != dst ) {
-			printf "rm -f %s; ", dst
+			if ( SymLink !~ /.*-f.*/ ) {
+				printf "rm -f %s; ", dst
+			}
 			printf "$(LN_S) %s %s; ", src, dst
 		}
 	}
 function rmlink(directory, dst) {
-		printf "\t-rm -f %s/%s\n", directory, dst
+		if ( dst != "" ) {
+			printf "\t-rm -f %s/%s\n", directory, dst
+		}
 	}
 function removelinks(directory) {
-		rmlink(directory, end_name);
+		nlinks = 0;
+		links[nlinks++] = end_name;
 		if ( DoLinks == "reverse" ) {
 			if ( ShlibVer == "rel" ) {
-				rmlink(directory, abi_name);
-				rmlink(directory, rel_name);
+				links[nlinks++] = abi_name;
+				links[nlinks++] = rel_name;
 			} else if ( ShlibVer == "abi" ) {
-				rmlink(directory, abi_name);
+				links[nlinks++] = abi_name;
 			}
 		} else {
 			if ( ShlibVer == "rel" ) {
-				rmlink(directory, abi_name);
-				rmlink(directory, lib_name);
+				links[nlinks++] = abi_name;
+				links[nlinks++] = lib_name;
 			} else if ( ShlibVer == "abi" ) {
-				rmlink(directory, lib_name);
+				links[nlinks++] = lib_name;
+			}
+		}
+		for (j = 0; j < nlinks; ++j) {
+			found = 0;
+			for (k = 0; k < j; ++k ) {
+				if ( links[j] == links[k] ) {
+					found = 1;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if ( !found ) {
+				rmlink(directory, links[j]);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 function make_shlib(objs, shlib_list) {
-		printf "\t$(MK_SHARED_LIB) $(%s_OBJS) $(%s) $(LDFLAGS)\n", objs, shlib_list
+		printf "\t$(MK_SHARED_LIB) $(%s_OBJS) $(%s)\n", objs, shlib_list
 	}
 function sharedlinks(directory) {
-		if ( ShlibVer != "auto" && ShlibVer != "cygdll" ) {
+		if ( ShlibVer != "auto" && ShlibVer != "cygdll" && ShlibVer != "msysdll" && ShlibVer != "mingw" && ShlibVer != "msvcdll" ) {
 			printf "\tcd %s && (", directory
 			if ( DoLinks == "reverse" ) {
 				if ( ShlibVer == "rel" ) {
@@ -163,22 +200,38 @@ function sharedlinks(directory) {
 			printf ")\n"
 		}
 	}
+# termlib may be named explicitly via "--with-termlib=XXX", which overrides
+# any suffix.  Temporarily override "suffix" to account for this.
+function termlib_end_of() {
+	termlib_save_suffix = suffix;
+	suffix = TermlibSuffix;
+	termlib_temp_result = end_name_of(TermlibRoot);
+	suffix = termlib_save_suffix;
+	return termlib_temp_result;
+}
 function shlib_build(directory) {
 		dst_libs = sprintf("%s/%s", directory, end_name);
 		printf "%s : \\\n", dst_libs
-		printf "\t\t%s \\\n", directory
+		if (subset == "ticlib" && driver == "yes" ) {
+			base = name;
+			sub(/^tic/, "ncurses", base); # workaround for "w"
+			printf "\t\t%s/%s \\\n", directory, end_name_of(base);
+		}
 		if (subset ~ /^base/ || subset == "ticlib" ) {
 			save_suffix = suffix
 			sub(/^[^.]\./,".",suffix)
 			if (directory != "../lib") {
-				printf "\t\t%s/%s \\\n", "../lib", end_name_of(TermlibRoot);
+				printf "\t\t%s/%s \\\n", "../lib", termlib_end_of();
 			}
-			printf "\t\t%s/%s \\\n", directory, end_name_of(TermlibRoot);
+			printf "\t\t%s/%s \\\n", directory, termlib_end_of();
 			suffix = save_suffix
 		}
-		printf "\t\t$(%s_OBJS)\n", OBJS
+		printf "\t\t$(RESULTING_SYMS) $(%s_OBJS)\n", OBJS
 		printf "\t@echo linking $@\n"
-		print "\t-@rm -f %s", dst_libs;
+		printf "\t@mkdir -p %s\n", directory
+		if ( ReLink != "yes" ) {
+			printf "\t@sleep 1\n"
+		}
 		if ( is_ticlib() ) {
 			make_shlib(OBJS, "TICS_LIST")
 		} else if ( is_termlib() ) {
@@ -191,22 +244,17 @@ function shlib_build(directory) {
 function shlib_install(directory) {
 		src_lib1 = sprintf("../lib/%s", end_name);
 		dst_lib1 = sprintf("%s/%s", directory, end_name);
-		printf "%s : \\\n", dst_libs
+		printf "%s : \\\n", dst_lib1
 		printf "\t\t%s \\\n", directory
-		printf "\t\t%s\n", src_libs
+		printf "\t\t%s\n", src_lib1
 		printf "\t@echo installing $@\n"
-		print "\t-@rm -f %s", dst_libs;
 		printf "\t$(INSTALL_LIB) %s %s\n", src_lib1, dst_lib1;
-		if ( src_lib2 != "" ) {
-			printf "\t$(INSTALL_LIB) %s %s\n", src_lib2, dst_lib2;
-		}
 		sharedlinks(directory)
 	}
 function install_dll(directory,filename) {
 		src_name = sprintf("../lib/%s", filename);
 		dst_name = sprintf("$(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 {
@@ -214,36 +262,73 @@ function install_dll(directory,filename) {
 		}
 		printf "\t%s %s %s\n", program, src_name, dst_name
 	}
+function in_subset(value) {
+		value = " " value " ";
+		check = subset;
+		gsub("[+]", " ", check);
+		check = " " check " ";
+		return index(check,value);
+	}
+function trim_suffix(value) {
+	if (USE_LIB_SUFFIX != "" && length(value) > length(USE_LIB_SUFFIX)) {
+		check = substr(value, 1 + length(value) - length(USE_LIB_SUFFIX));
+		if (check == USE_LIB_SUFFIX) {
+			value = substr(value, 1, length(value) - length(USE_LIB_SUFFIX));
+		}
+	}
+	return value;
+}
 BEGIN	{
-		found = 0
-		using = 0
+		TOOL_PREFIX = "";
+		found = 0;
+		using = 0;
 	}
 	/^@/ {
 		using = 0
 		if (subset == "none") {
 			using = 1
-		} else if (index(subset,$2) > 0) {
+			print  ""
+			print "# generated by mk-1st.awk"
+		} else if (in_subset($2) > 0) {
 			if (using == 0) {
 				if (found == 0) {
+					if ( name ~ /^.*\+\+.*/ ) {
+						if ( CXX_MODEL == "NORMAL" && MODEL == "SHARED" ) {
+							print  ""
+							printf "# overriding model from %s to match CXX_MODEL\n", MODEL;
+							MODEL = "NORMAL";
+							suffix = ".a";
+							DoLinks = "no";
+						}
+					}
 					print  ""
 					printf "# generated by mk-1st.awk (subset=%s)\n", subset
-					printf "#  name:          %s\n", name 
-					printf "#  traces:        %s\n", traces 
-					printf "#  MODEL:         %s\n", MODEL 
-					printf "#  model:         %s\n", model 
-					printf "#  prefix:        %s\n", prefix 
-					printf "#  suffix:        %s\n", suffix 
-					printf "#  subset:        %s\n", subset 
-					printf "#  ShlibVer:      %s\n", ShlibVer 
-					printf "#  ShlibVerInfix: %s\n", ShlibVerInfix 
-					printf "#  TermlibRoot:   %s\n", TermlibRoot 
-					printf "#  ReLink:        %s\n", ReLink 
-					printf "#  DoLinks:       %s\n", DoLinks 
-					printf "#  rmSoLocs:      %s\n", rmSoLocs 
-					printf "#  ldconfig:      %s\n", ldconfig 
-					printf "#  overwrite:     %s\n", overwrite 
-					printf "#  depend:        %s\n", depend 
-					printf "#  host:          %s\n", host 
+					printf "#  name:            %s\n", name
+					printf "#  traces:          %s\n", traces
+					printf "#  MODEL:           %s\n", MODEL
+					printf "#  CXX_MODEL:       %s\n", CXX_MODEL
+					printf "#  LIB_SUFFIX:      %s\n", LIB_SUFFIX
+					printf "#  USE_LIB_SUFFIX:  %s\n", USE_LIB_SUFFIX
+					printf "#  model:           %s\n", model
+					printf "#  prefix:          %s\n", prefix
+					printf "#  suffix:          %s\n", suffix
+					printf "#  subset:          %s\n", subset
+					printf "#  driver:          %s\n", driver
+					printf "#  ShlibVer:        %s\n", ShlibVer
+					printf "#  ShlibVerInfix:   %s\n", ShlibVerInfix
+					printf "#  SymLink:         %s\n", SymLink
+					printf "#  TermlibRoot:     %s\n", TermlibRoot
+					printf "#  TermlibSuffix:   %s\n", TermlibSuffix
+					printf "#  ReLink:          %s\n", ReLink
+					printf "#  ReRanlib:        %s\n", ReRanlib
+					printf "#  DoLinks:         %s\n", DoLinks
+					printf "#  rmSoLocs:        %s\n", rmSoLocs
+					printf "#  ldconfig:        %s\n", ldconfig
+					printf "#  make_phony:      %s\n", make_phony
+					printf "#  overwrite:       %s\n", overwrite
+					printf "#  depend:          %s\n", depend
+					printf "#  host:            %s\n", host
+					printf "#  libtool_version: %s\n", libtool_version
 					print  ""
 				}
 				using = 1
@@ -275,12 +360,23 @@ BEGIN	{
 			if ( found == 0 )
 			{
 				printf "%s_OBJS =", OBJS
-				if ( $2 == "lib" )
-					found = 1
-				else
-					found = 2
+				if ( $2 == "lib" ) {
+					found = 1;
+				} else if ( $2 == "c++" ) {
+					TOOL_PREFIX = "CXX_";
+					found = 1;
+				} else {
+					found = 2;
+				}
+				if ( $2 == "c++" ) {
+					CC_NAME="CXX"
+					CC_FLAG="CXXFLAGS"
+				} else {
+					CC_NAME="CC"
+					CC_FLAG="CFLAGS"
+				}
 			}
-			printf " \\\n\t../%s/%s$o", model, $1
+			printf " \\\n\t../%s/%s$o", model, $1;
 		}
 	}
 END	{
@@ -306,7 +402,7 @@ END	{
 				print  "install \\"
 				print  "install.libs \\"
 
-				if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
+				if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" || ShlibVer == "msysdll" || ShlibVer == "mingw" || ShlibVer == "msvcdll") {
 
 					dst_dirs = "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)";
 					printf "install.%s :: %s $(LIBRARIES)\n", name, dst_dirs
@@ -327,14 +423,23 @@ END	{
 
 				if ( overwrite == "yes" && name == "ncurses" )
 				{
-					if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
-						ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s.a", suffix)
+					if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" || ShlibVer == "msysdll" || ShlibVer == "mingw" || SlibVer == "msvcdll") {
+						if (ShlibVer == "msvcdll") {
+							curses_prefix = ""
+						} else {
+							curses_prefix = "lib"
+						}
+						ovr_name = sprintf("%scurses%s.a", curses_prefix, suffix)
 						printf "\t@echo linking %s to %s\n", imp_name, ovr_name
-						printf "\tcd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && (rm -f %s; $(LN_S) %s %s; )\n", ovr_name, imp_name, ovr_name
+						printf "\tcd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && ("
+						symlink(imp_name, ovr_name)
+						printf ")\n"
 					} else {
 						ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s", suffix)
 						printf "\t@echo linking %s to %s\n", end_name, ovr_name
-						printf "\tcd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && (rm -f %s; $(LN_S) %s %s; )\n", ovr_name, end_name, ovr_name
+						printf "\tcd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && ("
+						symlink(end_name, ovr_name)
+						printf ")\n"
 					}
 				}
 				if ( ldconfig != "" && ldconfig != ":" ) {
@@ -344,7 +449,7 @@ END	{
 				print  "uninstall \\"
 				print  "uninstall.libs \\"
 				printf "uninstall.%s ::\n", name
-				if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
+				if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" || ShlibVer == "msysdll" || ShlibVer == "mingw" || ShlibVer == "msvcdll") {
 
 					printf "\t@echo uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/%s\n", end_name
 					printf "\t-@rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/%s\n", end_name
@@ -357,11 +462,7 @@ END	{
 					removelinks("$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)")
 					if ( overwrite == "yes" && name == "ncurses" )
 					{
-						if ( ShlibVer == "cygdll" ) {
-							ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s.a", suffix)
-						} else {
-							ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s", suffix)
-						}
+						ovr_name = sprintf("libcurses%s", suffix)
 						printf "\t-@rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", ovr_name
 					}
 				}
@@ -374,24 +475,54 @@ END	{
 			}
 			else if ( MODEL == "LIBTOOL" )
 			{
-				if ( $2 == "c++" ) {
-					compile="CXX"
+				end_name = lib_name;
+				use_name = trim_suffix(TermlibRoot) USE_LIB_SUFFIX
+				printf "# FIXME\n";
+				printf "# name '%s'\n", name;
+				printf "# end_name '%s'\n", end_name;
+				printf "# use_name '%s'\n", use_name;
+				printf "../lib/%s : \\\n", lib_name
+				if ( (name != use_name ) && ( index(name, "++") == 0 ) && ( index(name, "tic") == 1 || index(name, "ncurses") == 1 ) ) {
+					printf "\t\t../lib/lib%s.la \\\n", use_name;
+					if ( index(name, "tic") == 1 && index(TermlibRoot, "ncurses") != 1 ) {
+						printf "\t\t../lib/lib%s%s.la \\\n", "ncurses", USE_LIB_SUFFIX;
+					}
+				}
+				printf "\t\t$(%s_OBJS)\n", OBJS
+				if ( is_ticlib() ) {
+					which_list = "TICS_LIST";
+				} else if ( is_termlib() ) {
+					which_list = "TINFO_LIST";
 				} else {
-					compile="CC"
+					which_list = "SHLIB_LIST";
+				}
+				printf "\tcd ../lib && $(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(%s) $(%s) \\\n", CC_NAME, CC_FLAG;
+				printf "\t\t-o %s $(%s_OBJS:$o=.lo) \\\n", lib_name, OBJS;
+				printf "\t\t-rpath $(libdir) \\\n";
+				printf "\t\t%s $(NCURSES_MAJOR):$(NCURSES_MINOR) $(LT_UNDEF) $(%s) $(LDFLAGS)\n", libtool_version, which_list;
+				if ( make_phony == "yes" ) {
+					print  ""
+					printf ".PHONY :\tinstall.%s\n", trim_suffix(name);
 				}
-				end_name = lib_name;
-				printf "../lib/%s : $(%s_OBJS)\n", lib_name, OBJS
-				printf "\tcd ../lib && $(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(%s) -o %s $(%s_OBJS:$o=.lo) -rpath $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) -version-info $(NCURSES_MAJOR):$(NCURSES_MINOR) $(SHLIB_LIST)\n", compile, lib_name, OBJS
 				print  ""
 				print  "install \\"
 				print  "install.libs \\"
-				printf "install.%s :: $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) ../lib/%s\n", name, lib_name
+				printf "install.%s :: \\\n", trim_suffix(name);
+				printf "\t\t$(DESTDIR)$(libdir) \\\n";
+				use_name = TermlibRoot USE_LIB_SUFFIX
+				if ( (name != use_name ) && ( index(name, "++") == 0 ) && ( index(name, "tic") == 1 || index(name, "ncurses") == 1 ) ) {
+					printf "\t\tinstall.%s \\\n", trim_suffix(TermlibRoot);
+					if ( index(name, "tic") == 1 && index(TermlibRoot, "ncurses") != 1 ) {
+						printf "\t\tinstall.%s \\\n", "ncurses";
+					}
+				}
+				printf "\t\t../lib/%s\n", lib_name
 				printf "\t@echo installing ../lib/%s as $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", lib_name, lib_name
 				printf "\tcd ../lib; $(LIBTOOL_INSTALL) $(INSTALL) %s $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)\n", lib_name
 				print  ""
 				print  "uninstall \\"
 				print  "uninstall.libs \\"
-				printf "uninstall.%s ::\n", name
+				printf "uninstall.%s ::\n", trim_suffix(name)
 				printf "\t@echo uninstalling $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", lib_name
 				printf "\t-@$(LIBTOOL_UNINSTALL) rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", lib_name
 			}
@@ -399,7 +530,13 @@ END	{
 			{
 				end_name = lib_name;
 				printf "../lib/%s : $(%s_OBJS)\n", lib_name, OBJS
-				printf "\t$(AR) $(AR_OPTS) $@ $?\n"
+				# workaround: binutils' ranlib tries to be clever with
+				# timestamps, by pretending its update took no time, confusing
+				# the make utility.
+				if ( ReLink != "yes" ) {
+					printf "\t@sleep 1\n"
+				}
+				printf "\t$(%sAR) $(%sARFLAGS) $@ $?\n", TOOL_PREFIX, TOOL_PREFIX;
 				printf "\t$(RANLIB) $@\n"
 				if ( host == "vxworks" )
 				{
@@ -415,9 +552,14 @@ END	{
 				{
 					printf "\t@echo linking libcurses.a to libncurses.a\n"
 					printf "\t-@rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libcurses.a\n"
-					printf "\t(cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && $(LN_S) libncurses.a libcurses.a)\n"
+					printf "\t(cd $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) && "
+					symlink("libncurses.a", "libcurses.a")
+					printf ")\n"
+				}
+				if ( ReRanlib == "yes" )
+				{
+					printf "\t$(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", lib_name
 				}
-				printf "\t$(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/%s\n", lib_name
 				if ( host == "vxworks" )
 				{
 					printf "\t@echo installing ../lib/lib%s$o as $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/lib%s$o\n", name, name