Unfortunately configure script doesn't look for special wide ncurses version that can be located in:
/usr/include/ncursesw
and libraries are named libtinfow.so.X and libncursesw.so.X
From ncurses README:
"If you configure using the --enable-widec option, a "w" is appended to the
library names (e.g., libncursesw.a), and the resulting libraries support
wide-characters, e.g., via a UTF-8 locale."
so ncursesw names are standard.
Please add support for proper wide libraries detection.
irssi ChangeLog mentions:
"r4331 | exg | 2006-09-09 13:56:00 +0000 (Sat, 09 Sep 2006) | 2 lines Changed paths: M /irssi/trunk/src/fe-text/term-curses.c
Add support for wide curses."
Unfortunately configure script doesn't look for special wide ncurses version that can be located in: /usr/include/ncursesw and libraries are named libtinfow.so.X and libncursesw.so.X
From ncurses README:
"If you configure using the --enable-widec option, a "w" is appended to the library names (e.g., libncursesw.a), and the resulting libraries support wide-characters, e.g., via a UTF-8 locale."
so ncursesw names are standard.
Please add support for proper wide libraries detection.