ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201031

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3583 2020/10/24 22:43:10 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3587 2020/10/31 23:19:16 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


@@ -46,12 +46,23 @@ 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.
 

+20201031
+       + modify MKterm.h.in so that it is not necessary to include <curses.h>
+         before <term.h> (prompted by discussion with Reuben Thomas).
+       + review/improve synopsis for curs_sp_funcs.3x (prompted by discussion
+         with Reuben Thomas).
+       + improve format of output in tic's check_infotocap() function, to
+         ensure that the messages contain only printable text.
+       + modify configure-check for clang to verify that -Qunused-arguments
+         is supported.  IBM's xlclang does not support it (report by Steven
+         Pitman).
+

 20201024
        + provide workaround configure-check for bool when cross-compiling.
        + fix a potential indexing error in _nc_parse_entry(), seen with
          Herlim's test data using address-sanitizer.
        + change a null-pointer check in set_curterm to a valid-string check,
 20201024
        + provide workaround configure-check for bool when cross-compiling.
        + fix a potential indexing error in _nc_parse_entry(), seen with
          Herlim's test data using address-sanitizer.
        + change a null-pointer check in set_curterm to a valid-string check,

-         needed in to tic's use-resolution work pad_char is cancelled
+         needed in to tic's use-resolution when pad_char is cancelled

          (report/testcase by Robert Sebastian Herlim)
        + improve tic's -c option to validate the number and type of parameters
          and compare against expected number/type before deciding which set of
          (report/testcase by Robert Sebastian Herlim)
        + improve tic's -c option to validate the number and type of parameters
          and compare against expected number/type before deciding which set of