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ftp://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm-270.tgz

sed -i '/v0/,+1s/new:/new:kb=^?:/' termcap &&
echo -e '\tkbs=\\177,' >>terminfo &&
TERMINFO=/usr/lib/terminfo ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --mandir=/usr/share/man --localstatedir=/var \
    --enable-luit --enable-wide-chars \
    --with-app-defaults=/usr/share/X11/app-defaults &&
make

make install &&
make install-ti

FAQs

If you have problems editing text input fields in ncurses uis like the Linux kernel's (make menuconfig), put this in ${HOME}/.Xdefaults

*VT100.Translations: #override \
              <Key>BackSpace: string(0x7F)\n\
              <Key>Delete:    string("\033[3~")\n\
              <Key>Home:      string("\033[1~")\n\
              <Key>End:       string("\033[4~")
*ttyModes: erase ^?

You have to restart X afterwards.