ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201024

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 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3578 2020/10/18 00:46:11 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3583 2020/10/24 22:43:10 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ See the AUTHORS file for the corresponding full names.
 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
 it is not possible to add this information.
 
+20201024
+       + provide workaround configure-check for bool when cross-compiling.
+       + fix a potential indexing error in _nc_parse_entry(), seen with
+         Herlim's test data using address-sanitizer.
+       + change a null-pointer check in set_curterm to a valid-string check,
+         needed in to tic's use-resolution work pad_char is cancelled
+         (report/testcase by Robert Sebastian Herlim)
+       + improve tic's -c option to validate the number and type of parameters
+         and compare against expected number/type before deciding which set of
+         parameter-lists to use in tparm calls (report/testcase by Robert
+         Sebastian Herlim).
+       + fix a link for tabs.1 manpage in announce.html.in (report by Nick
+         Black), as well as some fixes via linklint.
+
 20201017
        + improve manpage typography.
        + improve discussion in curs_addch.3x of the use of unctrl to display