clisp does not need a full blown ncurses, but it does require a termcap or tinfo
I would have changed this in src/m4/termcap.m4 but configure.in fails terribly - JeR


--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -28613,7 +28613,7 @@
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-for ac_lib in '' ncurses termcap; do
+for ac_lib in '' tinfo ncurses termcap; do
   if test -z "$ac_lib"; then
     ac_res="none required"
   else