--- meson-1.6.0/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py.orig
+++ meson-1.6.0/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
@@ -339,10 +339,10 @@
         super().__init__(name, env, kwargs)
 
         candidates = [
+            ('curses',  ['curses.h']),
             ('pdcurses', ['pdcurses/curses.h']),
             ('ncursesw',  ['ncursesw/ncurses.h', 'ncurses.h']),
             ('ncurses',  ['ncurses/ncurses.h', 'ncurses/curses.h', 'ncurses.h']),
-            ('curses',  ['curses.h']),
         ]
 
         # Not sure how else to elegantly break out of both loops
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@
                             v_major, _ = self.clib_compiler.get_define('PDC_VER_MAJOR', f'#include <{header}>', env, [], [self])
                             v_minor, _ = self.clib_compiler.get_define('PDC_VER_MINOR', f'#include <{header}>', env, [], [self])
                             self.version = f'{v_major}.{v_minor}'
+                        if lib.startswith('curses'):
+                            self.version = f'0'
 
                         # Check the version if possible, emit a warning if we can't
                         req = kwargs.get('version')