diff -ur ncurses-5.9+20140712/ncurses/tinfo/lib_tputs.c ncurses-5.9+20140712-new/ncurses/tinfo/lib_tputs.c
--- ncurses-5.9+20140712/ncurses/tinfo/lib_tputs.c	2013-01-12 21:57:32.000000000 +0100
+++ ncurses-5.9+20140712-new/ncurses/tinfo/lib_tputs.c	2014-12-31 11:29:10.060358445 +0100
@@ -121,13 +121,32 @@
 {
     if (SP_PARM != 0 && SP_PARM->_ofd >= 0) {
 	if (SP_PARM->out_inuse) {
+	    char *buf = SP_PARM->out_buffer;
 	    size_t amount = SP->out_inuse;
+	    ssize_t res;
 	    /*
 	     * Help a little, if the write is interrupted, by first resetting
 	     * our amount.
 	     */
+
+	    while (amount)
+	    {
+		res = write(SP_PARM->_ofd, buf, amount);
+
+		if (res > 0)
+		{
+		    amount -= res;
+		    buf += res;
+	        } else {
+		    if (errno == EAGAIN)
+			continue;
+		    if (errno == EINTR)
+			continue;
+		    break; /* an error we can not recover from */
+		}
+	    }
+
 	    SP->out_inuse = 0;
-	    IGNORE_RC(write(SP_PARM->_ofd, SP_PARM->out_buffer, amount));
 	}
     }
 }