test_curses is an expected skip on Linux too.
diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
index 84f50b8..0c5d85a 100755
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@
         test_al
         test_cd
         test_cl
+        test_curses
         test_dl
         test_gl
         test_imgfile