- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20121117
  > fixes based on Coverity report:
  + add missing braces around FreeAndNull in two places.
  + various fixes in test/ncurses.c
  + improve limit-checks in tinfo/make_hash.c, tinfo/read_entry.c
  + correct malloc size in progs/infocmp.c
  + guard against negative array indices in test/knight.c
  + fix off-by-one limit check in test/color_name.h
  + add null-pointer check in progs/tabs.c, test/bs.c, test/demo_forms.c,
    test/inchs.c
  + fix memory-leak in tinfo/lib_setup.c, progs/toe.c,
    test/clip_printw.c, test/demo_menus.c
  + delete unused windows in test/chgat.c, test/clip_printw.c,
    test/insdelln.c, test/newdemo.c on error-return.
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20121110
  + modify configure macro CF_INCLUDE_DIRS to put $CPPFLAGS after the
    local -I include options in case someone has set conflicting -I
    options in $CPPFLAGS (prompted by patch for ncurses/Makefile.in by
    Vassili Courzakis).
  + modify the ncurses*-config scripts to eliminate relative paths from
    the RPATH_LIST variable, e.g., "../lib" as used in installing shared
    libraries or executables.

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20121026
  + improve malloc/realloc checking (prompted by discussion in Redhat
    #866989).
  + add ncurses test-program as "ncurses6" to the rpm- and dpkg-scripts.
  + updated configure macros CF_GCC_VERSION and CF_WITH_PATHLIST.  The
    first corrects pattern used for Mac OS X's customization of gcc.
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20121102
  + realign manual pages and fix a long-ago error in curs_addstr.3x
    which said that a -1 length parameter would only write as much
    as fit onto one line (report by Reuben Thomas).
  + remove obsolete fallback _nc_memmove() for memmove()/bcopy().
  + remove obsolete fallback _nc_strdup() for strdup().
  + cancel any debug-rpm in package/ncurses.spec
  + reviewed vte-2012, reverted most of the change since it was incorrect
    based on testing with tack -TD
  + un-cancel the initc in vte-256color, since this was implemented
    starting with version 0.20 in 2009 -TD

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20121013
  + add vte-2012, gnome-2012, making these the defaults for vte/gnome
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20121017
  + fix change to _nc_scroll_optimize(), which incorrectly freed memory

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20121006
  + improve CF_GCC_VERSION to work around Debian's customization of gcc
    --version message.
  + improve configure macros as done in byacc:
    + drop 2.13 compatibility; use 2.52.xxxx version only since EMX port
      has used that for a while.
    + add 3rd parameter to AC_DEFINE's to allow autoheader to run, i.e.,
      for experimental use.
    + remove unused configure macros.
  + modify configure script and makefiles to quiet new autoconf warning
    for LIBS_TO_MAKE variable.
  + modify configure script to show $PATH_SEPARATOR variable.
  + update config.guess, config.sub
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120922
  + modify setupterm to set its copy of TERM to "unknown" if configured
    for the terminal driver and TERM was null or empty.
  + modify treatment of TERM variable for MinGW port to allow explicit
    use of the windows console driver by checking if $TERM is set to
    "#win32con" or an abbreviation of that.
  + undo recent change to fallback definition of vsscanf() to

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120908
  + add test-screens to test/ncurses to show 256-characters at a time,
    to help with mingw port.
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120903
  + simplify varargs logic in lib_printw.c; va_copy is no longer needed
    there.
  + modifications for mingw port to make wide-character display usable.
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120902
  + regenerate configure script (report by Sven Joachim, cf: 20120901).
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120901
  + add a null-pointer check in _nc_flush (cf: 20120825).
  + fix a case in _nc_scroll_optimize() where the _oldnums_list array
    might not be allocated.
  + improve comparisons in configure.in for unset shell variables.
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120826
  + increase size of ncurses' output-buffer, in case of very small
    initial screen-sizes.
  + fix evaluation of TERMINFO and TERMINFO_DIRS default values as needed
    after changes to use --datarootdir (reports by Gabriele Balducci,
    Roumen Petrov).
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120825
  + change output buffering scheme, using buffer maintained by ncurses
    rather than stdio, to avoid problems with SIGTSTP handling (report
    by Brian Bloniarz).
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120811
  + update autoconf patch to 2.52.20120811, adding --datarootdir
    (prompted by discussion with Erwin Waterlander).
  + improve description of --enable-reentrant option in README and the
    INSTALL file.
  + add nsterm-256color, make this the default nsterm -TD

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120728
  + correct path for ncurses_mingw.h in include/headers, in case build
    is done outside source-tree (patch by Roumen Petrov).
  + modify some older xterm entries to align with xterm source -TD
  + separate "xterm-old" alias from "xterm-r6" -TD
  + add E3 extended capability to xterm-basic and putty -TD
  + parenthesize parameters of other macros in curses.h -TD
  + parenthesize parameter of COLOR_PAIR and PAIR_NUMBER in curses.h
   in case it happens to be a comma-expression, etc. (patch by Nick
   Black).
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120721 
  + improved form_request_by_name() and menu_request_by_name().
  + eliminate two fixed-size buffers in toe.c
  + extend use_tioctl() to have expected behavior when use_env(FALSE) and
    use_tioctl(TRUE) are called.
  + modify ncurses test-program, adding -E and -T options to demonstrate
    use_env() versus use_tioctl().
- Add NEWS and README to installed package documentation ((bnc#772916)

- Change order of listes authors into the order of relative
  contributions made (bnc#772916)
- Add tabs description to description of ncurses-utils (bnc#772916)

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120714 (bnc#769788)
 + add use_tioctl() function (adapted from patch by Werner Fink,
   Novell #769788):
- Set the default for use_tioctl() to TRUE and add a note in the
  manual page for this.

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120707 (bnc#769788)
  + add ncurses_mingw.h to installed headers (prompted by patch by
    Juergen Pfeifer).
  + clarify return-codes from wgetch() in response to SIGWINCH (prompted
    by Novell #769788).
  + modify resizeterm() to always push a KEY_RESIZE onto the fifo, even
    if screensize is unchanged.  Modify _nc_update_screensize() to push a
    KEY_RESIZE if there was a SIGWINCH, even if it does not call
    resizeterm().  These changes eliminate the case where a SIGWINCH is
    received, but ERR returned from wgetch or wgetnstr because the screen
    dimensions did not change (Novell #769788).

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120622
  + add -d, -e and -q options to test/demo_terminfo and test/demo_termcap
  + fix caching of environment variables in database-iterator (patch by
    Philippe Troin, Redhat #831366).
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120616
  + add configure check to distinguish clang from gcc to eliminate
    warnings about unused command-line parameters when compiler warnings
    are enabled.
  + improve behavior when updating terminfo entries which are hardlinked
    by allowing for the possibility that an alias has been repurposed to
    a new primary name.
  + fix some strict compiler warnings based on package scripts.
  + further fixes for configure check for working poll (Debian #676461).
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120608
  + fix an uninitialized variable in -c/-n logic for infocmp changes
    (cf: 20120526).
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120602
  + add kdch1 aka "Remove" to vt220 and vt220-8 entries -TD
  + add kdch1, etc., to qvt108 -TD
  + add dl1/il1 to some entries based on dl/il values -TD
  + add dl to simpleterm -TD
  + add consistency-checks in tic for insert-line vs delete-line
    controls, and insert/delete-char keys
  + correct no-leaks logic in infocmp when doing comparisons, fixing
    duplicate free of entries given via the command-line, and freeing
    entries loaded from the last-but-one of files specified on the
    command-line.
  + add kdch1 to wsvt25 entry from NetBSD CVS (reported by David Lord,
    analysis by Martin Husemann).
  + add cnorm/civis to wsvt25 entry from NetBSD CVS (report/analysis by

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branched from openSUSE:Factory

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120526
  + extend -c and -n options of infocmp to allow comparing more than two
    entries.
  + correct check in infocmp for number of terminal names when more than
    two are given.
  + correct typo in curs_threads.3x (report by Yanhui Shen on
    freebsd-hackers mailing list).
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120512
  + corrected 'op' for bterm (report by Samuel Thibault) -TD
  + modify test/background.c to demonstrate a background character
    holding a colored ACS_HLINE.  The behavior differs from SVr4 due to
    the thick- and double-line extension (cf: 20091003).
  + modify handling of acs characters in PutAttrChar to avoid mapping an
    unmapped character to a space with A_ALTCHARSET set.
  + rewrite vt520 entry based on vt420 -TD
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120505
  + remove p6 (bold) from opus3n1+ for consistency -TD
  + remove acs stuff from env230 per clues in Ingres termcap -TD
  + modify env230 sgr/sgr0 to match other capabilities -TD
  + modify smacs/rmacs in bq300-8 to match sgr/sgr0 -TD
  + make sgr for dku7202 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for ibmpc agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for tek4107 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for ndr9500 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for sco-ansi agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for d410 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for d210 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for d470c, d470c-7b agree with other caps -TD
  + remove redundant AC_DEFINE for NDEBUG versus Makefile definition.
  + fix a back-link in _nc_delink_entry(), which is needed if ncurses is

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- Add check_build script to avoid to stumble on gcc exception 32

- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120310
  + fix some strict compiler warnings for abi6 and 64-bits.
  + use begin_va_copy/end_va_copy macros in lib_printw.c (cf: 20120303).
  + improve a limit-check in infocmp.c (Werner Fink)

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- Add tack patch 1.07.20120303 
  + fix many compilerv warnings
  + update auto configure
  + update copyright date
  + Update configure-script and makefile template to work with this
    post-5.9 change, allowing build of tack within the ncurses
    source-tree 20110924.  The change is prompted by review of
    OpenSUSE package by Werner Fink, using a patch from the rpm
    source file: ncurses-5.9-tack-tinfo.dif (2011-11-18)

- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120303  
  + minor tidying of terminfo.tail, clarify reason for limitation
    regarding mapping of \0 to \200
  + minor improvement to _nc_copy_termtype(), using memcpy to replace
    loops.
  + fix no-leaks checking in test/demo_termcap.c to account for multiple
    calls to setupterm().
  + modified the libgpm change to show previous load as a problem in the
    debug-trace.
  > merge some patches from OpenSUSE rpm (Werner Fink):
  + ncurses-5.7-printw.dif, fixes for varargs handling in lib_printw.c
  + ncurses-5.7-gpm.dif, do not dlopen libgpm if already loaded by
    runtime linker
  + ncurses-5.6-fallback.dif, do not free arrays and strings from static
    fallback entries

- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120228
  + fix breakage in tic/infocmp from 20120225 (report by Werner Fink).

- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120225

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120211
  + make sgr for xterm-pcolor agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for att5425 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for att630 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for linux entries agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for tvi9065 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for ncr260vt200an agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for ncr160vt100pp agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for ncr260vt300an agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for aaa-60-dec-rv, aaa+dec agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for cygwin, cygwinDBG agree with other caps -TD
  + add configure option --with-xterm-kbs to simplify configuration for
    Linux versus most other systems.

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120204
  + improved tic -D option, avoid making target directory and provide
    better diagnostics.

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120128
  + add mach-gnu (Debian #614316, patch by Samuel Thibault)
  + add mach-gnu-color, tweaks to mach-gnu terminfo -TD
  + make sgr for sun-color agree with smso -TD
  + make sgr for prism9 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for icl6404 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for ofcons agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for att5410v1, att4415, att620 agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for aaa-unk, aaa-rv agree with other caps -TD
  + make sgr for avt-ns agree with other caps -TD
  + amend fix intended to separate fixups for acsc to allow "tic -cv" to
    give verbose warnings (cf:  20110730). 
  + modify misc/gen-edit.sh to make the location of the tabset directory
    consistent with misc/Makefile.in, i.., using ${datadir}/tabset
    (Debian #653435, patch by Sven Joachim).
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120121
 + add --with-lib-prefix option to allow configuring for old/new flavors
   of OS/2 EMX.
 + modify check for gnat version to allow for year, as used in FreeBSD
   port.
 + modify check_existence() in db_iterator.c to simply check if the
   path is a directory or file, according to the need.  Checking for
   directory size also gives no usable result with OS/2 (cf: 20120107).
 + support OS/2 kLIBC (patch by KO Myung-Han).

- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120114
 * several improvements to test/movewindow.c (prompted by discussion on
   Linux Mint forum):
- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20120107
 * various improvments for MinGW (Juergen Pfeifer):

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- remove call to suse_update_config (very old work around) (forwarded request 97718 from coolo)

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- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20111203 
 * modify configure-check for etip.h dependencies, supplying a temporary
   copy of ncurses_dll.h since it is a generated file (prompted by
   Debian #646977).
 * modify CF_CPP_PARAM_INIT "main" function to work with current C++.

- Add ncurses patch 5.9.20111126
 * correct database iterator's check for duplicate entries
   (cf: 20111001).
 * modify database iterator to ignore $TERMCAP when it is not an
   absolute pathname.
 * add -D option to tic, to show the database locations that it could
   use.
 * improve description of database locations in tic manpage.
 * modify the configure script to generate a list of the ".pc" files to
   generate, rather than deriving the list from the libraries which have
   been built (patch by Mike Frysinger).
 * use AC_CHECK_TOOLS in preference to AC_PATH_PROGS when searching for
   ncurses*-config, e.g., in Ada95/configure and test/configure (adapted
   from patch by Mike Frysinger).

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- Avoid linker script libterminfo.so as bash configure can not
  handle this

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- Use linker scripts to amke sure that libtinfo will be found
  even if -ltinfo is missed on the linker command line

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