ncurses 6.4 - patch 20230423

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3939 2023/04/18 22:22:09 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3944 2023/04/23 21:11:05 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ 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.
 
+20230423
+       + add tiscan_s() to help applications check formatting capabilities
+         that would be passed to tiparm_s, etc.
+       + add tiparm_s() to provide applications a way to tell ncurses what
+         the expected parameters are for a capability (tmux #3531).
+       + improve check in lib_tparm.c, ensuring that a char* fits into a
+         TPARM_ARG.
+       + add --disable-setuid-environ configure option (request by Sven
+         Joachim).
+       + drop compatibility with obsolete versions of tack, e.g., pre-1.08
+         (Debian #1034549, cf: 20170722).
+
 20230418
        + improve checks for limits on privileged execution:
          + modify _nc_syserr_abort() to use _nc_env_access(), rather than