1. extract ncurses-5.9.tar.gz
2. apply patch inside direcotry with : patch -p1 < ../ncurses-5.9-foolos.patch
3. build in seperate directory
5. ../ncurses-xxx/configure --host=i686-foolos --without-tests --with-fallbacks=linux
(or   $ ../ncurses-xxx/configure --host=i686-foolos --without-tests --with-fallbacks=linux --with-debug CFLAGS="-gstabs -O0" CXXFLAGS="-gstabs -O0")

??? FOR SOME REASON WE NEED TO PASS : CC=i686-foolos-gcc
6. make