ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190121

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3244 2019/01/12 23:14:23 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3261 2019/01/21 22:51:52 tom Exp $

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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started


@@ -45,6 +45,28 @@ 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.
 
 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
 it is not possible to add this information.
 

+20190121
+       + add a check in test/configure to work around non-ncurses termcap.h
+         file in Slackware.
+       + corrected flag for "seq" method of db 1.8.5 interface, needed by toe
+         on some of the BSDs.
+       + updated "string-hacks" feature.
+       + minor improvements to manpage typography.
+       + corrected conditionally-compiled limit on color pairs (report by
+         "Hudd").
+       + add -x option to test/pair_content, test/color_content for testing
+         init_extended_pair, extended_pair_content, init_extended_color,
+         extended_color_content
+       + add -p option to test/pair_content, test/color_content to show the
+         return values from the tested functions.
+       + improve manual page curs_color.3x discussion of error returns and
+         extensions. 
+       + add O_INPUT_FIELD extension to form library (patch by Leon Winter).
+       + override/suppress --enable-db-install if --disable-database configure
+         option was given.
+       + change a too-large terminal entry in tic from a fatal error to a
+         warning (prompted by discussion with Gabriele Balducci).
+

 20190112
        + fix typo in term(5), improve explanation of format (report by Otto
          Modinos).
 20190112
        + fix typo in term(5), improve explanation of format (report by Otto
          Modinos).