ncurses 6.0 - patch 20150810

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2470 2015/07/25 23:04:43 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2478 2015/08/10 09:27:32 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@ 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.
 
+20150810
+       + workaround for Debian #65617, which was fixed in mawk's upstream
+         releases in 2009 (report by Sven Joachim).  See
+               http://invisible-island.net/mawk/CHANGES.html#t20090727
+
+20150808 6.0 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
+
+20150808
+       + build-fix for Ada95 on older platforms without stdint.h
+       + build-fix for Solaris, whose /bin/sh and /usr/bin/sed are non-POSIX.
+       + update release announcement, summarizing more than 800 changes across
+         more than 200 snapshots.
+       + minor fixes to manpages, etc., to simplify linking from announcement
+         page.
+
 20150725
        + updated llib-* files.
        + build-fixes for ncurses library "test_progs" rule.