ncurses 6.0 - patch 20151010

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 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2499 2015/09/26 21:58:14 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2505 2015/10/10 20:24:26 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ 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.
 
+20151010
+       + add configure check for openpty to test/configure script, for ditto.
+       + minor fixes to test/view.c in investigating Debian #790847.
+       + update autoconf patch to 2.52.20150926, incorporates a fix for Cdk.
+       + add workaround for breakage of POSIX makefiles by recent binutils
+         change.
+       + improve check for working poll() by using posix_openpt() as a
+         fallback in case there is no valid terminal on the standard input
+         (prompted by discussion on bug-ncurses mailing list, Debian #676461).
+
 20150926
        + change makefile rule for removing resulting.map to distclean rather
          than clean.