X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=aacfd9ad96a4d47e00b5703eb05ed33c3c5d8ef9;hp=c265dc08f8c828d7f3923327cf4bd51d84f77ddd;hb=a816c8dae437106bbf1661304240ff568ae3efef;hpb=643ec2bf782cd02efafe3ccdeaea8920a404645e diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index c265dc08..aacfd9ad 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.233 2021/09/01 23:29:12 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.235 2021/10/19 23:34:17 tom Exp $ --------------------------------------------------------------------- How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system --------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -1143,7 +1143,11 @@ CONFIGURE OPTIONS: --with-pkg-config-libdir=[DIR] If pkg-config was found, override the automatic check for its library - path. + path. The configure script allows only a single directory, because + that is used as the directory in which to install ".pc" files. + + The automatic check for the library path selects the first directory + which currently exists. --with-profile Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root, @@ -1397,6 +1401,38 @@ COMPATIBILITY WITH OLDER RELEASES: you may encounter when building a system with different versions of ncurses: + 6.3 (Oct 21, 2021) + Interface changes: + + + the definition of TERMTYPE2 is now internal, not visible in the ABI, + like the enclosing TERMINAL which was previously made opaque. This + was done to provide SCREEN-specific "static" variables in terminfo. + + Added extensions: + + + add sp-funcs for erasewchar, killwchar. + + Added internal functions (other than "_sp" variants): + + + _nc_safe_fopen and _nc_safe_open3 limit privileges if possible when + opening a file; otherwise disallow access for updating files. + + + _nc_tiparm is a variant of tiparm which is used when all of the + parameters are known to be numbers rather than possibly strings. + + + _nc_reset_tparm improves tic's checks by resetting the terminfo + "static variables" before calling functions which may update them. + + Removed internal functions: + + + none + + Modified internal functions: + + + _nc_trace_ttymode passes pointer to const data + + + _nc_tparm_analyze passes pointer to int*, not int[] + 6.2 (Feb 12, 2020) Interface changes: