ncurses 5.9 - patch 20111030

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1798 2011/10/08 21:06:49 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1812 2011/10/30 14:36:41 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,43 @@ 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.
 
+20111030
+       + modify make_db_path() to allow creating "terminfo.db" in the same
+         directory as an existing "terminfo" directory.  This fixes a case
+         where switching between hashed/filesystem databases would cause the
+         new hashed database to be installed in the next best location -
+         root's home directory.
+       + add variable cf_cv_prog_gnat_correct to those passed to
+         config.status, fixing a problem with Ada95 builds (cf: 20111022).
+       + change feature test from _XPG5 to _XOPEN_SOURCE in two places, to
+         accommodate broken implementations for _XPG6.
+       + eliminate usage of NULL symbol from etip.h, to reduce header
+         interdependencies.
+       + add configure check to decide when to add _XOPEN_SOURCE define to
+         compiler options, i.e., for Solaris 10 and later (cf: 20100403).
+         This is a workaround for gcc 4.6, which fails to build the c++
+         binding if that symbol is defined by the application, due to
+         incorrectly combining the corresponding feature test macros
+         (report by Peter Kruse).
+
+20111022
+       + correct logic for discarding mouse events, retaining the partial
+         events used to build up click, double-click, etc, until needed
+         (cf: 20110917).
+       + fix configure script to avoid creating unused Ada95 makefile when
+         gnat does not work.
+       + cleanup width-related gcc 3.4.3 warnings for 64-bit platform, for the
+         internal functions of libncurses.  The external interface of courses
+         uses bool, which still produces these warnings.
+
+20111015
+       + improve description of --disable-tic-depends option to make it
+         clear that it may be useful whether or not the --with-termlib
+         option is also given (report by Sven Joachim).
+       + amend termcap equivalent for set_pglen_inch to use the X/Open
+         "YI" rather than the obsolete Solaris 2.5 "sL" (cf: 990109).
+       + improve manpage for tgetent differences from termcap library.
+
 20111008
        + moved static data from db_iterator.c to lib_data.c
        + modify db_iterator.c for memory-leak checking, fix one leak.
@@ -77,7 +114,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information.
          TINFO_ARGS into pieces corresponding to LDFLAGS and LIBS variables,
          to help separate searches for tic- and tinfo-libraries (patch by Nick
          Alcock aka "Nix").
-       + build-fix for lib_mouse.c changes (ch: 20110917).
+       + build-fix for lib_mouse.c changes (cf: 20110917).
 
 20110917
        + fix compiler warning for clang 2.9