ncurses 5.9 - patch 20110404

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1676 2011/03/29 09:42:32 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1682 2011/04/04 00:02:42 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@ 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.
 
+20110404 5.9 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
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+20110402
+       + various build-fixes for the rpm/dpkg scripts.
+       + add "--enable-rpath-link" option to Ada95/configure, to allow
+         packages to suppress the rpath feature which is normally used for
+         the in-tree build of sample programs.
+       + corrected definition of libdir variable in Ada95/src/Makefile.in,
+         needed for rpm script.
+       + add "--with-shared" option to Ada95/configure script, to allow
+         making the C-language parts of the binding use appropriate compiler
+         options if building a shared library with gnat.
+
 20110329
        > portability fixes for Ada95 binding:
        + add configure check to ensure that SIGINT works with gnat.  This is