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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 69cf439a..4cfff31e 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.216 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.223 2020/05/23 18:30:33 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -439,6 +439,31 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	Without some special effort, it will either fail to compile at all,
 	or the compiler may find a different unctrl.h file.
 
+	In addition to the curses library, a system may provide its own
+	versions of the add-on libraries (form, menu, panel), which would
+	not be compatible with ncurses.  These options allow you to rename
+	ncurses' add-on libraries to avoid conflicts when linking:
+
+		--with-form-libname=XXX
+		--with-menu-libname=XXX
+		--with-panel-libname=XXX
+
+	Rather than renaming them abitrarily, a prefix or suffix is
+	recommended.  An "n" prefix provides consistency with ncurses versus
+	curses, i.e.,
+
+		--with-form-libname=nform
+		--with-menu-libname=nmenu
+		--with-panel-libname=npanel
+
+    --disable-pkg-ldflags
+	Omit options in $EXTRA_LDFLAGS from the pkg-config ".pc" and
+	corresponding ncurses*-config script which normally are listed via
+	the "--libs" option.  These options are normally used to facilitate
+	linking to ncurses when it was configured to use the rpath feature.
+
+	See also --enable-rpath and --disable-rpath-hack.
+
     --disable-relink
 	If --enable-rpath is given, the generated makefiles normally will
 	rebuild shared libraries during install.  Use this option to simply
@@ -587,6 +612,12 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	ncurses.  This does not change the ABI (the binary interface seen by
 	calling applications).
 
+    --enable-fvisibility
+    	Use the gcc "-fvisibility=hidden" option to make symbols which are not
+	explicitly exported, "hidden".  Doing this may reduce the number of
+	symbols exported in the C++ binding; it should have less effect on the
+	C libraries when symbol-versioning is used.
+
     --enable-getcap
 	Use the 4.4BSD getcap code if available, or a bundled version of it to
 	fetch termcap entries.  Entries read in this way cannot use (make
@@ -864,6 +895,9 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	Specify a suffix for the ncursesw6-config file, etc., used to work
 	around conflicts with packages.
 
+    --with-cxx-libname=NAME
+	Override the basename of the ncurses++ library (default: "ncurses++")
+
     --with-cxx-shared
 	When --with-shared is set, build libncurses++ as a shared library.
 	This implicitly relies upon building with gcc/g++, since other
@@ -909,6 +943,9 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 
 	See also "--with-tic-path" and "--with-infocmp-path".
 
+    --with-form-libname=NAME
+	Override the basename of the form library (default: "form")
+
     --with-gpm
 	use Alessandro Rubini's GPM library to provide mouse support on the
 	Linux console.  Prior to ncurses 5.5, this introduced a dependency on
@@ -1043,6 +1080,9 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	by running them through tbl to generate tables understandable by
 	nroff.
 
+    --with-menu-libname=NAME
+	Override the basename of the menu library (default: "menu")
+
     --with-mmask-t=TYPE
 	Override type of mmask_t, which stores the mouse mask.  Prior to
 	ncurses 5.5, this was always unsigned long, but with ncurses 5.5, it
@@ -1070,6 +1110,9 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	those using termcap, do not use the higher speeds.  Your application
 	(or system, in general) may or may not.
 
+    --with-panel-libname=NAME
+	Override the basename of the panel library (default: "panel")
+
     --with-pc-suffix=SUFFIX
 	If ".pc" files are installed, optionally add a suffix to the files
 	and corresponding package names to separate unusual configurations.
@@ -1343,6 +1386,43 @@ COMPATIBILITY WITH OLDER VERSIONS OF NCURSES:
     you may encounter when building a system with different versions of
     ncurses:
 
+    6.2 (Feb 12, 2020)
+	Interface changes:
+
+	+ the terminal database must be compiled with ncurses 6.2 tic;
+	  older versions of tic/infocmp will not work.  Aside from that,
+	  the compiled database will work with older applications.
+
+	+ "*.pc" and "ncurses*-config" files give the same information.
+
+	+ vwprintw and vwscanw are deprecated.
+
+	Added extensions:
+
+	+ These make it simpler to substitute a debug-configuration of the
+	  library for non-debug:
+		curses_trace
+		exit_curses
+		exit_terminfo
+
+	Added internal functions (other than "_sp" variants):
+
+	+ These provide fast-lookup of common user-defined capabilities:
+		_nc_find_user_entry
+		_nc_get_userdefs_table
+		_nc_get_hash_user
+
+	+ This is added to work around compiler-warnings:
+		_nc_fmt_funcptr
+
+	Removed internal functions:
+
+	+ _nc_import_termtype
+
+	Modified internal functions:
+
+	+ _nc_reserve_pairs no longer returns a value
+
     6.1 (Jan 27, 2018)
 	Interface changes: