[gentoo-user] Install fails at bootstrap phase

[Steve]

While trying to install a fresh Gentoo I ran into a problem.  When it came 
to the ncurses install while doing teh scripts/bootstrap.sh part of the 
install I was presented with a failed patch:

***** ncurses-5.3-xterm.patch *****

===============================================================

PATCH COMMAND:  patch -g0 -p0 < 
/usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses/files/ncurses-5.3-xterm.patch

===============================================================
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- ncurses-5.3/misc/terminfo.src.orig 2002-10-05 20:40:53.000000000 +0200
|+++ ncurses-5.3/misc/terminfo.src      2003-05-23 15:50:57.000000000 +0200
--------------------------
No file to patch.  Skipping patch.
2 out of 2 hunks ignored
===============================================================
PATCH COMMAND:  patch -g0 -p1 < 
/usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses/files/ncurses-5.3-xterm.patch

===============================================================
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- ncurses-5.3/misc/terminfo.src.orig 2002-10-05 20:40:53.000000000 +0200
|+++ ncurses-5.3/misc/terminfo.src      2003-05-23 15:50:57.000000000 +0200
--------------------------
No file to patch.  Skipping patch.
2 out of 2 hunks ignored
===============================================================
PATCH COMMAND:  patch -g0 -p2 < 
/usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses/files/ncurses-5.3-xterm.patch

===============================================================
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- ncurses-5.3/misc/terminfo.src.orig 2002-10-05 20:40:53.000000000 +0200
|+++ ncurses-5.3/misc/terminfo.src      2003-05-23 15:50:57.000000000 +0200
No file to patch.  Skipping patch.
2 out of 2 hunks ignored
===============================================================
PATCH COMMAND:  patch -g0 -p4 < 
/usr/portage/sys-libs/ncurses/files/ncurses-5.3-xterm.patch

===============================================================
missing header for unified diff at line 3 of patch
can't find file to patch at input line 3
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- ncurses-5.3/misc/terminfo.src.orig 2002-10-05 20:40:53.000000000 +0200
|+++ ncurses-5.3/misc/terminfo.src      2003-05-23 15:50:57.000000000 +0200
--------------------------
No file to patch.  Skipping patch.
2 out of 2 hunks ignored


Any ideas?

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