-ltermcap is spelled -lncurses nowadays.

gnu/lib/libreadline/readline/Makefile

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ SRCS=     readline.c vi_mode.c funmap.c keymaps.c parens.c search.c \
 INSTALLED_HEADERS= readline.h chardefs.h keymaps.h history.h tilde.h \
 		   rlstdc.h rlconf.h rltypedefs.h
 
-DPADD+= $(LIBTERMCAP)
-LDADD+= -ltermcap
+DPADD=	${LIBNCURSES}
+LDADD=	-lncurses
 
 INCDIR=	/usr/include/readline
 

lib/libedit/Makefile

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ SHLIB_MINOR=	0
 OSRCS=	chared.c common.c el.c emacs.c fcns.c help.c hist.c key.c map.c \
 	parse.c prompt.c read.c refresh.c search.c sig.c term.c tty.c vi.c
 
-DPADD=	${LIBTERMCAP}
-LDADD=	-ltermcap
+DPADD=	${LIBNCURSES}
+LDADD=	-lncurses
 
 MAN=	editline.3 editrc.5