--- parrot.spec	2009-02-02 13:58:31.000000000 +0100
+++ parrot.spec.new	2009-02-03 16:00:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@
     tools/dev/mk_manifests.pl
 
 %build
+
+if test "%{_vendor}" = "suse"
+then
+    LIBS='-lncurses -lm'
+else
+    LIBS='-lcurses -lm'
+fi
+
 %{__perl} Configure.pl \
     --prefix=%{_usr} \
     --libdir=%{_libdir} \
@@ -59,7 +67,7 @@
     --parrot_is_shared \
     --lex=/usr/bin/flex \
     --yacc=/usr/bin/yacc \
-    --libs='-lcurses -lm'
+    --libs="$LIBS"
 
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$( pwd )/blib/lib
 make
@@ -75,8 +83,8 @@
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$( pwd )/blib/lib
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-# Drop the docs so rpm can pick them up itself.
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_docdir}/parrot
+# Drop the docs so rpm can pick them up itself.   (necessary for SuSE)
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_usr}/share/doc/parrot
 
 # Force permissions on doc directories.
 find docs examples -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;