ncurses 6.3 - patch 20211030

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index bef656cb1d8f2de7c215b7baa28d5f35793fbff7..4600641f39f373088908c202ac93e7e5c7374093 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
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 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.232 2021/07/17 16:30:27 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.236 2021/10/26 07:55:02 tom Exp $

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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -1143,7 +1143,18 @@ CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 
     --with-pkg-config-libdir=[DIR]
        If pkg-config was found, override the automatic check for its library
 
     --with-pkg-config-libdir=[DIR]
        If pkg-config was found, override the automatic check for its library

-       path.
+       path.  The configure script allows only a single directory, because
+       that is used as the directory in which to install ".pc" files.
+
+       The automatic check for the library path prefers the first directory
+       which currently exists.  If none of the directories listed by
+       pkg-config exist, the check prefers a pkgconfig directory under the
+       "libdir" set by the configure script (which may not be the system
+       default), or if pkg-config lists nothing suitable, the first one which
+       is listed by pkg-config is used.
+
+       Automatic selection is overridden by providing an option-value
+       beginning with "/".

 
     --with-profile
        Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,
 
     --with-profile
        Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,


@@ -1397,6 +1408,38 @@ COMPATIBILITY WITH OLDER RELEASES:
     you may encounter when building a system with different versions of
     ncurses:
 
     you may encounter when building a system with different versions of
     ncurses:
 

+    6.3 (Oct 21, 2021)
+       Interface changes:
+
+       + the definition of TERMTYPE2 is now internal, not visible in the ABI,
+         like the enclosing TERMINAL which was previously made opaque.  This
+         was done to provide SCREEN-specific "static" variables in terminfo.
+
+       Added extensions:
+
+       + add sp-funcs for erasewchar, killwchar.
+
+       Added internal functions (other than "_sp" variants):
+
+       + _nc_safe_fopen and _nc_safe_open3 limit privileges if possible when
+         opening a file; otherwise disallow access for updating files.
+
+       + _nc_tiparm is a variant of tiparm which is used when all of the
+         parameters are known to be numbers rather than possibly strings.
+
+       + _nc_reset_tparm improves tic's checks by resetting the terminfo
+         "static variables" before calling functions which may update them.
+
+       Removed internal functions:
+
+       + none
+
+       Modified internal functions:
+
+       + _nc_trace_ttymode passes pointer to const data
+
+       + _nc_tparm_analyze passes pointer to int*, not int[]
+

     6.2 (Feb 12, 2020)
        Interface changes:
 
     6.2 (Feb 12, 2020)
        Interface changes:
 


@@ -2167,7 +2210,7 @@ FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATORS:
        Please pick a name unique to your console driver and set that up
        in the /etc/inittab table or local equivalent.  Send the entry to the
        terminfo maintainer (listed in the misc/terminfo file) to be included
        Please pick a name unique to your console driver and set that up
        in the /etc/inittab table or local equivalent.  Send the entry to the
        terminfo maintainer (listed in the misc/terminfo file) to be included

-       in the terminfo file, if it's not already there.  See the
+       in the terminfo file, if it is not already there.  See the

        term(7) manual page included with this distribution for more on
        conventions for choosing type names.
 
        term(7) manual page included with this distribution for more on
        conventions for choosing type names.