Top-level ./configure should accept and propagate --with-curses-{includes,libraries} to libraries

If curses is installed into some non-standard path, we currently have to say something like the following in mk/build.mk:

libraries/terminfo_CONFIGURE_OPTS += \
    --configure-option=--with-curses-includes=/somewhere/include \
    --configure-option=--with-curses-libraries=/somewhere/lib

This is because the top-level configure does not accept nor propagate --with-curses-{includes,libraries} to libraries while it does so for iconv, gmp and libffi. It would be nice if curses were handled in the same manner.

I will soon submit a patch for this.

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Version	7.11
Type	FeatureRequest
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Build System
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