ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100327

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 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1514 2010/03/20 21:31:24 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1518 2010/03/27 22:39:36 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ 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.
 
+20100327
+       + refactor CF_SHARED_OPTS configure macro, making CF_RPATH_HACK more
+         reusable.
+       + improve configure CF_REGEX, similar fixes.
+       + improve configure CF_FIND_LINKAGE, adding add check between system
+         (default) and explicit paths, where we can find the entrypoint in the
+         given library.
+       + add check if Gpm_Open() returns a -2, e.g., for "xterm".  This is
+         normally suppressed but can be overridden using $NCURSES_GPM_TERMS.
+         Ensure that Gpm_Close() is called in this case.
+
 20100320
        + rename atari and st52 terminfo entries to atari-old, st52-old, use
          newer entries from FreeMiNT by Guido Flohr (from patch/report by Alan