ncurses 5.9 - patch 20120225

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index bddc708c4ce72727b54e93d07bac23d07a9a7c9d..bd7227b78eae1980632d3ce308c1b062a343fc20 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.164 2012/02/18 21:27:33 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.165 2012/02/19 21:24:52 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -596,6 +596,14 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        reducing the need for juggling the global SP value with set_term() and
        delscreen().
 
+    --enable-string-hacks
+       Controls whether strlcat and strlcpy may be used.  The same issue
+       applies to OpenBSD's warnings about snprintf, noting that this function
+       is weakly standardized.
+
+       Aside from stifling these warnings, there is no functional improvement
+       in ncurses.
+
     --enable-symlinks
        If your system supports symbolic links, make tic use symbolic links
        rather than hard links to save diskspace when writing aliases in the