0.2.80: compile bombs on ncurses

[Dag B]

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cd plugins/text/ && make ../../lib/ncurses.so
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vlc-0.2.80/plugins/text'
regenerating dependencies for ncurses.c
gcc -I../../include -I../../extras  -DSYS_LINUX -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-D__USE_UNIX98   -Iinclude -Iextras -I/usr/local/include -Wall -Winline
-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops
-fomit-frame-pointer -march=pentium -mcpu=pentium -DPLUGIN -fPIC -c -o
ncurses.o ncurses.c
ncurses.c:49: parse error before `*'
ncurses.c:49: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `p_symbols'
ncurses.c:49: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
ncurses.c: In function `ActivateModule':
ncurses.c:60: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
make[1]: *** [ncurses.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vlc-0.2.80/plugins/text'
make: *** [lib/ncurses.so] Error 2


# ls -l /usr/lib/libncurses*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       232536 Mar 27 18:06
/usr/lib/libncurses++.a*
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       183200 Mar 27 18:06 /usr/lib/libncurses.a
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           15 Apr 13 19:37 /usr/lib/libncurses.so
-> libncurses.so.5
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           17 Apr 13 19:37
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 -> libncurses.so.5.2
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       124156 Mar 27 18:06
/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5.2
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root      2133044 Mar 27 18:06
/usr/lib/libncurses_g.a


gcc 2.95.3
glibc 2.1.3



Thanks,

Dag B