+### use option --disable-tic-depends to make libtic not explicitly depend on ncurses/ncursesw
+if test "$with_ticlib" != no ; then
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(if you want tic library to use explicit dependency on ncurses$LIB_SUFFIX library)
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(tic-depends,
+ [ --disable-tic-depends link tic library without explicit dependency on ncurses library],
+ [with_tic_depends=$enableval],
+ [with_tic_depends=yes])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($with_tic_depends)
+else
+ with_tic_depends=no
+fi
+