This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs package: #5735: New curses/termcap requirement for linking Emacs, but configure check missing. It has been closed by Jan Djärv . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Jan Djärv by replying to this email. -- 5735: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=5735 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org with problems