Ah so with just the --with-build-cflags=-D_GNU_SOURCE change and with a binutils patched with the bugzilla patch Peter linked to, I can cross-build maverick's ncurses, confirming that indeed the upstream binutils patch helps.
I tested with the binary cross-binutils package which Marcin built with the patch: http://people.canonical.com/~hrw/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi_2.20.51.20100617-0ubuntu1hrw2_amd64.deb
Ah so with just the --with- build-cflags= -D_GNU_ SOURCE change and with a binutils patched with the bugzilla patch Peter linked to, I can cross-build maverick's ncurses, confirming that indeed the upstream binutils patch helps.
I tested with the binary cross-binutils package which Marcin built with the patch: http:// people. canonical. com/~hrw/ binutils- arm-linux- gnueabi_ 2.20.51. 20100617- 0ubuntu1hrw2_ amd64.deb