diff -ur nanocurses-1.5.2.orig/cbits/utils.c nanocurses-1.5.2/cbits/utils.c
--- nanocurses-1.5.2.orig/cbits/utils.c	2008-05-18 18:09:23.000000000 -0300
+++ nanocurses-1.5.2/cbits/utils.c	2011-07-10 11:23:02.082418889 -0300
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 }
 
 /* sometimes we write to the wrong spot after a refresh */
-int getline(char *buf, FILE *hdl) { 
+int mygetline(char *buf, FILE *hdl) { 
     char *p;
     int c;
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
         while (c != '\n') 
             c = getc(hdl);
-        return getline(buf,hdl);        /* read another line */
+        return mygetline(buf,hdl);        /* read another line */
 
     /* normal packet */
     } else {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
         p = fgets(buf+1, BUFLEN-1, hdl);  /* read rest of line */
         if (p == NULL) {
-        //  perror("getline failed\n");
+        //  perror("mygetline failed\n");
             return (-1);
         }
         buf[0] = c;         /* drop the '@' */
diff -ur nanocurses-1.5.2.orig/cbits/utils.h nanocurses-1.5.2/cbits/utils.h
--- nanocurses-1.5.2.orig/cbits/utils.h	2008-05-18 18:09:23.000000000 -0300
+++ nanocurses-1.5.2/cbits/utils.h	2011-07-10 11:22:18.180418821 -0300
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 
 /* packed string IO */
 FILE *openfd(int fd);
-int getline(char *buf, FILE *hdl);
+int mygetline(char *buf, FILE *hdl);
 void forcenext(void);
diff -ur nanocurses-1.5.2.orig/nanocurses.cabal nanocurses-1.5.2/nanocurses.cabal
--- nanocurses-1.5.2.orig/nanocurses.cabal	2008-05-18 18:09:23.000000000 -0300
+++ nanocurses-1.5.2/nanocurses.cabal	2011-07-10 11:21:43.256418788 -0300
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
                      (It does not differ significantly from Hmp3's Curses binding, as the Curses.hsc
                      in Nanocurses is essentially extracted from Hmp3.)
 
-build-type:         Simple
+build-type:         Configure
 build-depends:      base>3, unix, bytestring
 tested-with:        GHC==6.8.2