diff -ruN /usr/ports/devel/ncurses/work/ncurses-5.5/ncurses/tinfo/comp_scan.c ncurses/ncurses/tinfo/comp_scan.c
--- /usr/ports/devel/ncurses/work/ncurses-5.5/ncurses/tinfo/comp_scan.c	Sat Jun  4 17:04:45 2005
+++ ncurses/ncurses/tinfo/comp_scan.c	Tue Jun  6 17:02:13 2006
@@ -513,8 +513,10 @@
 		if (!silent) {
 		    if (*after_list == '\0')
 			_nc_warning("empty longname field");
+#ifndef FREEBSD_NATIVE
 		    else if (strchr(after_list, ' ') == 0)
 			_nc_warning("older tic versions may treat the description field as an alias");
+#endif
 		}
 	    } else {
 		after_list = buffer + strlen(buffer);
diff -ruN /usr/ports/devel/ncurses/work/ncurses-5.5/ncurses/tinfo/lib_termcap.c ncurses/ncurses/tinfo/lib_termcap.c
--- /usr/ports/devel/ncurses/work/ncurses-5.5/ncurses/tinfo/lib_termcap.c	Sat Jul 16 18:12:51 2005
+++ ncurses/ncurses/tinfo/lib_termcap.c	Tue Jun  6 17:55:08 2006
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
 NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(char *) UP = 0;
 NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(char *) BC = 0;
 
+#ifdef FREEBSD_NATIVE
+extern char _nc_termcap[];	/* buffer to copy out */
+#endif
+
 static char *fix_me = 0;	/* this holds the filtered sgr0 string */
 
 /***************************************************************************
@@ -114,6 +118,16 @@
 #endif*/
 
     }
+
+#ifdef FREEBSD_NATIVE
+    /*
+     * This is a REALLY UGLY hack. Basically, if we originate with
+     * a termcap source, try and copy it out.
+     */
+    if (bufp && _nc_termcap[0])
+	strncpy(bufp, _nc_termcap, 1024);
+#endif
+
     returnCode(errcode);
 }