ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170121

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2735 2017/01/14 20:59:06 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ 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.
 
+20170121
+       + incorporate A_COLOR mask into COLOR_PAIR(), in case user application
+         provides an out-of-range pair number (report by Elijah Stone).
+       + clarify description in tput manual page regarding support for
+         termcap names (prompted by FreeBSD #214709).
+       + remove a restriction in tput's support for termcap names which
+         omitted capabilities normally not shown in termcap translations
+         (cf: 990123).
+       + modify configure script for clang as used on FreeBSD, to work around
+         clang's differences in exit codes vs gcc.
+
 20170114
        + improve discussion of early history of tset/reset programs.
        + clarify in manual pages that the optional verbose option level is