ncurses 6.3 - patch 20211030

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3721 2021/10/09 22:22:17 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -46,6 +46,41 @@ 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.
 
+20211030
+       + simplify some references to WINDOWS._flags using macros.
+       + add a "check" rule in Ada95 makefile, to help with test-packages.
+       + build-fix for cross-compiling to MingW, conditionally add -lssp
+
+20211026
+       + corrected regex needed for older pkg-config used in Solaris 10.
+       + amend configure option's auto-search to account for systems where
+         none of the directories known to pkg-config exist, adapted from
+         mailing-list comment (report by Milan P. Stanic).
+
+20211021 6.3 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
+       + update release notes
+       + add "ncu2openbsd" script, to illustrate how to update an OpenBSD
+         system to use a current ncurses release.
+
+20211018
+       + check for screen size-change in scr_init() and scr_restore(), in case
+         a screen dump does not match the current screen dimensions (report by
+         Frank Tkalcevic).
+
+20211017
+       + amend change for pkg-config to account for "none" being returned in
+         the libdir-path result rather than "no" (report by Gabriele Balducci).
+
+20211016
+       + build-fix for pmake with libtool.
+       + improve make-tar.sh scripts, adding COPYING to tar file, and clean up
+         shellcheck warnings.
+       + add link for "reset6" manpage in test-package ncurses6-doc
+       + revise configure option --with-pkg-config-libdir, using the actual
+         search path from pkg-config or pkgconf using the output from --debug
+         (report by Pascal Pignard).
+       + freeze ABI in ".map" files.
+
 20211009
        + implement "+m" option in tabs program.
        + fill in some details for infoton -TD