diff --git a/openwrt/package/ncurses/Makefile b/openwrt/package/ncurses/Makefile
index e31e424f8c..3835af6c1a 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/ncurses/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/ncurses/Makefile
@@ -27,16 +27,15 @@ $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE):
 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE)
 	mkdir -p $(TOOL_BUILD_DIR)
 	$(PKG_SOURCE_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
-	$(PATCH) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) . $(PKG_NAME)-\*.diff
+#	$(PATCH) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) ./patches
+	cp -fpR ./ipkg $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/
 	chmod a+x $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
 
 $(PKG_IPK): $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
 	cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
-	ipkg/rules \
-	  TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" \
-	  IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
-	  INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
-	 package
+	TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
+	INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
+	./ipkg/rules package
 
 $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/lib$(PKG_NAME).list: $(PKG_IPK)
 	$(IPKG) install $(PKG_IPK)
@@ -48,9 +47,8 @@ install: $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/lib$(PKG_NAME).list
 
 clean:
 	-cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
-	ipkg/rules \
-	  TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
-	  INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
-	 clean
+	TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
+	INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
+	./ipkg/rules clean
 	rm -rf $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
-	rm -r $(PKG_IPK)
+	rm -f $(PKG_IPK)
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/libncurses-dev/CONTROL/control b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/libncurses-dev/CONTROL/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f91398cc38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/libncurses-dev/CONTROL/control
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Package: libncurses-dev
+Priority: optional
+Section: devel
+Version: [TBDL]
+Architecture: [TBDL]
+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
+Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/ncurses/
+Description: a terminal handling library (development)
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f11b67bc72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Package: libncurses
+Priority: optional
+Section: libs
+Version: [TBDL]
+Architecture: [TBDL]
+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
+Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/ncurses/
+Description: a terminal handling library
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a05fbc460f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Package: ncurses-term
+Priority: optional
+Section: admin
+Version: [TBDL]
+Architecture: [TBDL]
+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
+Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/ncurses/
+Description: common terminal definitions
+Depends: libncurses
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/rules b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a10c5a7bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+ifneq ($(strip ${IPKG_RULES_INC}),)
+ include $(IPKG_RULES_INC)
+endif
+
+##
+
+PKG_VERSION := $(shell cat ./ipkg/version)
+CURRENT_DIR := $(shell pwd)
+INSTALL_DIR ?= $(CURRENT_DIR)/ipkg-install
+
+unexport INSTALL_DIR
+
+I_LIBNCURSES := ipkg/libncurses
+I_LIBNCURSES_DEV := ipkg/libncurses-dev
+I_NCURSES_TERM := ipkg/ncurses-term
+
+BUILD_DEPS := \
+
+CONFIGURE_OPTS = \
+	--with-terminfo-dirs=/usr/share/terminfo \
+	--with-default-terminfo-dir=/usr/share/terminfo \
+	--without-ada \
+	--without-cxx \
+	--without-cxx-binding \
+	--without-progs \
+	--without-profile \
+	--without-debug \
+	--disable-rpath \
+	--enable-echo \
+	--enable-const \
+	--enable-overwrite \
+	--with-shared \
+	--with-normal \
+##
+
+all: package
+
+
+.stamp-configured: $(BUILD_DEPS)
+
+	rm -rf config.cache
+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+	ac_cv_linux_vers="2" \
+	./configure \
+	  --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+	  --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+	  --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+	  --program-prefix="" \
+	  --program-suffix="" \
+	  --prefix=/usr \
+	  --exec-prefix=/usr \
+	  --bindir=/usr/bin \
+	  --datadir=/usr/share \
+	  --includedir=/usr/include \
+	  --infodir=/usr/share/info \
+	  --libdir=/usr/lib \
+	  --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+	  --localstatedir=/var \
+	  --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+	  --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
+	  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+	  $(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
+	  $(DISABLE_NLS) \
+	  $(CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+	
+	touch .stamp-configured
+
+
+.stamp-built: .stamp-configured
+
+	$(MAKE) \
+	  $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+	  BUILD_CC="$(TARGET_CROSS)gcc" \
+	  HOSTCC="$(HOSTCC)" \
+	  HOSTCCFLAGS="\$$(CPPFLAGS)" \
+	
+	touch .stamp-built
+
+
+$(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h: .stamp-built
+
+	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)
+	
+	$(MAKE) \
+	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
+	 install
+
+
+configure: .stamp-configured
+
+
+build: .stamp-built
+
+
+install: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h
+
+
+package: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h
+
+	mkdir -p $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses*.so.* $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib/
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpanel*.so.* $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib/
+	$(STRIP) $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib/*
+	
+	mkdir -p $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/usr/include
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/curses.h $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/usr/include/
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/usr/include/
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/panel.h $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/usr/include/
+	mkdir -p $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses.a $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpanel.a $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses*.so* $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpanel*.so* $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
+	
+	mkdir -p $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr/share/terminfo
+	for f in a/ansi d/dumb l/linux s/screen v/vt100; do \
+	  mkdir -p $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr/share/terminfo/`dirname $${f}`; \
+	  cp -fpR \
+	    $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/terminfo/$${f} \
+	    $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr/share/terminfo/$${f}; \
+	done
+	
+	chmod 0755 ipkg/*/CONTROL/
+	chmod 0644 ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
+	
+	perl -pi -e "s/^Arch.*:.*/Architecture: $(ARCH)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
+ifneq ($(strip $(PKG_VERSION)),)
+	perl -pi -e "s/^Vers.*:.*/Version: $(PKG_VERSION)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
+endif
+
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_LIBNCURSES) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_NCURSES_TERM) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
+
+
+clean:
+
+	-$(MAKE) \
+	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
+	 uninstall clean
+	
+	rm -rf .stamp-* \
+	  $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr \
+	  $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/usr \
+	  $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr \
+
+
+control:
+
+	@cat $(I_LIBNCURSES)/CONTROL/control
+	@echo
+	@cat $(I_LIBNCURSES_DEV)/CONTROL/control
+	@echo
+	@cat $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/CONTROL/control
+	@echo
+	
+
+.PHONY: configure build install package clean control
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/version b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fa56e43cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ipkg/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5.2-6
diff --git a/openwrt/package/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-5.diff b/openwrt/package/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-5.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 0140b951e4..0000000000
--- a/openwrt/package/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-5.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,212 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control
---- ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/libncurses/CONTROL/control	2005-03-06 22:47:47.000000000 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
-+Package: libncurses
-+Priority: optional
-+Section: libs
-+Version: [TBDL]
-+Architecture: [TBDL]
-+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
-+Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/ncurses/
-+Description: a terminal handling library
-diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/ncurses-dev/CONTROL/control ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/ncurses-dev/CONTROL/control
---- ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/ncurses-dev/CONTROL/control	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/ncurses-dev/CONTROL/control	2005-03-06 22:47:39.000000000 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
-+Package: ncurses-dev
-+Priority: optional
-+Section: devel
-+Version: [TBDL]
-+Architecture: [TBDL]
-+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
-+Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/ncurses/
-+Description: a terminal handling library (development)
-diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control
---- ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/ncurses-term/CONTROL/control	2005-03-06 22:47:55.000000000 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
-+Package: ncurses-term
-+Priority: optional
-+Section: admin
-+Version: [TBDL]
-+Architecture: [TBDL]
-+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
-+Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/ncurses/
-+Description: common terminal definitions
-+Depends: libncurses
-diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/rules ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/rules
---- ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/rules	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/rules	2005-03-08 05:14:46.000000000 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
-+#!/usr/bin/make -f
-+
-+ifneq ($(strip ${IPKG_RULES_INC}),)
-+ include $(IPKG_RULES_INC)
-+endif
-+
-+##
-+
-+PKG_VERSION := $(shell cat ./ipkg/version)
-+CURRENT_DIR := $(shell pwd)
-+INSTALL_DIR = $(CURRENT_DIR)/ipkg-install
-+
-+I_LIBNCURSES := ipkg/libncurses
-+I_NCURSES_DEV := ipkg/ncurses-dev
-+I_NCURSES_TERM := ipkg/ncurses-term
-+
-+BUILD_DEPS := \
-+
-+CONFIGURE_OPTS = \
-+	--with-terminfo-dirs=/usr/share/terminfo \
-+	--with-default-terminfo-dir=/usr/share/terminfo \
-+	--without-ada \
-+	--without-cxx \
-+	--without-cxx-binding \
-+	--without-progs \
-+	--without-profile \
-+	--without-debug \
-+	--disable-rpath \
-+	--enable-echo \
-+	--enable-const \
-+	--enable-overwrite \
-+	--with-shared \
-+	--with-normal \
-+##
-+
-+all: package
-+
-+
-+.stamp-configured: $(BUILD_DEPS)
-+
-+	rm -rf config.cache
-+	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-+	ac_cv_linux_vers="2" \
-+	./configure \
-+	  --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-+	  --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-+	  --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
-+	  --prefix=/usr \
-+	  --exec-prefix=/usr \
-+	  --bindir=/usr/bin \
-+	  --datadir=/usr/share \
-+	  --includedir=/usr/include \
-+	  --infodir=/usr/share/info \
-+	  --libdir=/usr/lib \
-+	  --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
-+	  --localstatedir=/var \
-+	  --mandir=/usr/share/man \
-+	  --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
-+	  --sysconfdir=/etc \
-+	  $(DISABLE_NLS) \
-+	  $(CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-+	
-+	touch .stamp-configured
-+
-+
-+.stamp-built: .stamp-configured
-+
-+	$(MAKE) \
-+	  $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-+	  BUILD_CC=$(TARGET_CC) \
-+	  HOSTCC=$(HOSTCC) \
-+	
-+	touch .stamp-built
-+
-+
-+$(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h: .stamp-built
-+
-+	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)
-+	
-+	$(MAKE) \
-+	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
-+	 install
-+
-+
-+configure: .stamp-configured
-+
-+
-+build: .stamp-built
-+
-+
-+install: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h
-+
-+
-+package: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h
-+
-+	mkdir -p $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses*.so.* $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib/
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpanel*.so.* $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib/
-+	$(STRIP) $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr/lib/*
-+	
-+	mkdir -p $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/include
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/curses.h $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/include/
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/include/
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/panel.h $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/include/
-+	mkdir -p $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses.a $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpanel.a $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libncurses*.so* $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
-+	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpanel*.so* $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr/lib/
-+	
-+	mkdir -p $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr/share/terminfo
-+	for f in a/ansi d/dumb l/linux s/screen v/vt100; do \
-+	  mkdir -p $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr/share/terminfo/`dirname $${f}`; \
-+	  cp -fpR \
-+	    $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/terminfo/$${f} \
-+	    $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr/share/terminfo/$${f}; \
-+	done
-+	
-+	chmod 0755 ipkg/*/CONTROL/
-+	chmod 0644 ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
-+	
-+	perl -pi -e "s/^Arch.*:.*/Architecture: $(ARCH)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
-+ifneq ($(strip $(PKG_VERSION)),)
-+	perl -pi -e "s/^Vers.*:.*/Version: $(PKG_VERSION)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
-+endif
-+
-+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_LIBNCURSES) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
-+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_NCURSES_DEV) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
-+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_NCURSES_TERM) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
-+
-+
-+clean:
-+
-+	-$(MAKE) \
-+	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
-+	 uninstall clean
-+	rm -rf .stamp-*
-+	rm -rf $(I_LIBNCURSES)/usr
-+	rm -rf $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/usr
-+	rm -rf $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/usr
-+
-+
-+control:
-+
-+	@cat $(I_LIBNCURSES)/CONTROL/control
-+	@echo
-+	@cat $(I_NCURSES_DEV)/CONTROL/control
-+	@echo
-+	@cat $(I_NCURSES_TERM)/CONTROL/control
-+	@echo
-+	
-+
-+.PHONY: configure build install package clean control
-diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/version ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/version
---- ncurses-5.2-orig/ipkg/version	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
-+++ ncurses-5.2-5/ipkg/version	2005-03-06 22:43:28.000000000 +0100
-@@ -0,0 +1 @@
-+5.2-5
-diff -ruN ncurses-5.2-orig/ncurses/Makefile.in ncurses-5.2-5/ncurses/Makefile.in
---- ncurses-5.2-orig/ncurses/Makefile.in	2000-10-15 00:55:35.000000000 +0200
-+++ ncurses-5.2-5/ncurses/Makefile.in	2005-03-06 22:36:45.000000000 +0100
-@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
- CCFLAGS		= $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
- 
- HOSTCC		= @BUILD_CC@
--HOSTCCFLAGS	= @CFLAGS@ $(CPPFLAGS)
-+HOSTCCFLAGS	= $(CPPFLAGS)
- HOSTLDFLAGS	= @LDFLAGS@ @LIBS@
- 
- CFLAGS_LIBTOOL	= $(CCFLAGS)