diff --git a/recipes/wip/cava/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/cava/recipe.toml
index ba6f0581cae83e18fda37f5ab3061b0bad2e6586..ec0f1555c5d991da17bb0652d7a519b649ebe8ef 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/cava/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/cava/recipe.toml
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 git = "https://github.com/karlstav/cava"
 rev = "81211e9e16302312ee4322a99840c110bce0e13d"
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "ncurses",
     "fftw",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+cookbook_configure
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/clamav/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/clamav/recipe.toml
index 82aed1b6a507b1e8b94378f4f8147decd725ef99..23435660cdd8ffbd6430433592d1f1b8b12b56c6 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/clamav/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/clamav/recipe.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "zlib",
 ]
 script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
     COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
     COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
diff --git a/recipes/wip/cmus/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/cmus/recipe.toml
index f93716f291bfcc66849b2da92b0104ae33c0823b..b6c63760b9790787d774034132d9fb707a9dfab3 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/cmus/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/cmus/recipe.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 git = "https://github.com/cmus/cmus"
 rev = "ade6e2a7253d7a256e87fdac3da17c9158e6700e"
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "ncurses",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+cookbook_configure
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/conky/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/conky/recipe.toml
index a9d69bef76c429bb38946f8bb00539107df0ae9a..ca3945b3642b23b79175a2c22aa24d2c9e7eda58 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/conky/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/conky/recipe.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "curl",
 ]
 script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
     COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
     COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
diff --git a/recipes/wip/dcss/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/dcss/recipe.toml
index 4d38be39124ae24a8926233320e10cc7113c31e2..29895a7decf2e43cd59c9d3ef01517dcd53ba36a 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/dcss/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/dcss/recipe.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "zlib",
     "libpng",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emacs-nox/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emacs-nox/recipe.toml
index 481a506579da98b7ff17f64bde4bccf730d928e5..c6b9117afa254826f99777e1f8c73075493d850b 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emacs-nox/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emacs-nox/recipe.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [source]
 tar = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-29.1.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "dbus",
     "libgmp",
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "zlib",
     "ncurses",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+cookbook_configure
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/emacs-pgtk/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/emacs-pgtk/recipe.toml
index 976707765adc5cbf9284dde1033569f66ff3f35c..e72ad0d0620fb52ac4e5c82789e6cd6d03979272 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/emacs-pgtk/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/emacs-pgtk/recipe.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [source]
 tar = "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-29.1.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "dbus",
     "libgmp",
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "libwebp",
     "libotf",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+cookbook_configure
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/fish-shell/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/fish-shell/recipe.toml
index 626f51b5c354d0180db5e5534f14fe7823a03b10..8ac57d3894a107225784f497796e52c4d59fdac6 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/fish-shell/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/fish-shell/recipe.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pcre",
 ]
 script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
diff --git a/recipes/wip/hickory-dns/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/hickory-dns/recipe.toml
index 8d9e8b5cc29433581122612604969b2d34a65d01..5d3bb1a0fbf41c50c0ba1739067a60c06c57281c 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/hickory-dns/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/hickory-dns/recipe.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#TODO wrong script
+#TODO compiled but not tested
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/hickory-dns/hickory-dns"
 rev = "408d0baca080d1b201cd33e616dc4abd160ef6c0"
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ dependencies = [
     "openssl1",
 ]
 script = """
-package=hickory-dns"
+binary=hickory-dns
 "${COOKBOOK_CARGO}" build \
             --manifest-path "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/Cargo.toml" \
-            --package "${package}" \
+            --bin "${binary}" \
             --release
             --all-features
         mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/bin"
         cp -v \
-            "target/${TARGET}/release/${package}" \
-            "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/bin/${package}"
+            "target/${TARGET}/release/${binary}" \
+            "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/bin/${binary}"
 """
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libedit/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libedit/recipe.toml
index 367f46b6ae9fe0b2db84ef3e6c2d6d0676c88ed7..c00a8c38cebdae56326a57e240d53b31f56124a2 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libedit/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libedit/recipe.toml
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 [source]
 tar = "https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-20221030-3.1.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "ncurses",
     "termcap",
     "terminfo",
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+cookbook_configure
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/lynx/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/lynx/recipe.toml
index bd5f54891321c0544b2375340776f1d2af0b8995..1ac40e8d6867829dc2879e19ed068fb62686e0b8 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/lynx/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/lynx/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-#TODO compilation error
+#TODO not compiled or tested
 [source]
 tar = "https://invisible-island.net/archives/lynx/tarballs/lynx2.8.9rel.1.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "ncurses",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+cookbook_configure
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/mariadb/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/mariadb/recipe.toml
index 2d5b862b93253c425594c542fac2ad9470a6c855..4b8d6556d80d36483e321d4990fb080804145636 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/mariadb/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/mariadb/recipe.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "libaio",
 ]
 script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="cmake"
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
diff --git a/recipes/wip/mosh/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/mosh/recipe.toml
index 03d120ace237b280d5f25d47c3d4f24c7ce15d2a..d2eb5a40da07ab0aac7102f4dc866af05e7f8f05 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/mosh/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/mosh/recipe.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-#TODO missing headers
+#TODO not compiled or tested
 [source]
 tar = "https://mosh.org/mosh-1.4.0.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "configure"
+template = "custom"
 dependencies = [
     "openssl1",
     "ncurses",
     "zlib",
 ]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+cookbook_configure
+"""
diff --git a/recipes/wip/ncspot/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/ncspot/recipe.toml
index 37e72505d319054c55252fdf4449cf7778a30837..4af546db0198f1fa62207187583093cef137c8ff 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/ncspot/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/ncspot/recipe.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "ncurses",
 ]
 script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
 cookbook_cargo --features rodio_backend,pancurses_backend
 """