- Add ncurses patch 20231125
+ add information about "ttycap", termcap's forerunner, to tset.1
(patch by Branden Robinson).
+ improve formatting/style of manpages, including section reordering
(patches by Branden Robinson).
+ modify usage messages in configure script, bracketing optional values
(report by Branden Robinson).
- Add ncurses patch 20231121
+ amend fix for Debian #1055882, correcting nul terminator check in
waddnstr (Debian #1056340).
- Add ncurses patch 20231118
+ improve description of length-parameter and error-returns in several
manpages: curs_addchstr.3x, curs_addstr.3x, curs_addwstr.3x,
curs_in_wch.3x, curs_in_wchstr.3x, curs_inchstr.3x, curs_ins_wstr.3x,
curs_insstr.3x, curs_instr.3x, curs_inwstr.3x
+ amend parameter check for entire string versus specific length in
winsnstr() and wins_nwstr() to match Solaris.
+ make similar correction to wins_nwstr().
+ correct loop termination condition in waddnstr() and waddnwstr()
(Debian #1055882, cf: 20201205).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1129821
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=251
- Add ncurses patch 20231111
+ used "infocmp -u" to help trim redundant capabilities -TD
+ add limit checks in infocmp needed when processing extended
capabilities with the "-u" option.
+ fix inconsistent sort-order in see-also sections of manpages.
+ fix a few compiler warnings for Solaris 10.
+ modify endwin() to return an error if it is called again without an
intervening screen update (report by Rajeev Pillai, NetBSD #57592).
- Add ncurses patch 20231104
+ modify reset command to avoid altering clocal if the terminal uses a
modem (prompted by discussion with Werner Fink, Michal Suchanek,
OpenSUSE #1201384, Debian #60377).
+ build-fixes for --with-caps variations.
+ correct a couple of section-references in INSTALL
- Add ncurses patch 20231028
+ move xterm focus mode 1004 from xterm+sm+1006 into xterm+focus as
fe/fd capabilities, like vim (vim-pr #13440).
+ modify --with-pkg-config-libdir option to make "libdir" the default,
as documented, rather than "auto" (report by Branden Robinson).
+ improve messages from configure script (patches by Branden Robinson).
- Fix offsets of patches
* ncurses-5.9-ibm327x.dif
* ncurses-6.4.dif
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1125420
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=250
- Add ncurses patch 20230812
+ add/use putty+cursor to reflect amending of modified cursor-keys
in 2021 -TD
+ add ecma+strikeout to putty -TD
+ add functions to query tty-flags in SCREEN (request by Bill Gray).
- Add ncurses patch 20230805
+ fix a few manpages needing tbl marker, seen by lintian warning.
+ fixes for compiler-warnings.
+ minor grammatical fix for manpages (Branden Robinson).
- Add ncurses patch 20230729
+ improve manpages for wgetnstr() and wget_wnstr().
+ modify MinGW configuration to provide for running in MSYS/MSYS2
shells, assuming ConPTY support (patch by Pavel Fedin).
+ add assignment in CF_MAN_PAGES to fill in value for TERMINFO_DIRS in
ncurses, terminfo and tic manpages (patch by Sven Joachim).
- Add ncurses patch 20230722
+ add "auto" default for --with-xterm-kbs configure option.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1103809
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=245
- Add ncurses patch 20230715
+ correct wadd_wch_literal() when adding a non-spacing character to a
double-width character.
+ improve manual page for curs_util.
+ improve manual page for wadd_wch().
- Add ncurses patch 20230708
+ add linux+kbs for terminals which imitate xterm's behavior with
Linux -TD
+ modify MinGW driver to return KEY_BACKSPACE when an unmodified
VK_BACK virtual key is entered (prompted by patch by Pavel Fedin,
Savannah #64292).
+ disallow using $TERMINFO or $HOME/.terminfo when tic "-o" option is
used (report by Sven Joachim, Debian #1040048).
- Port the patch ncurses-6.4.dif
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1099048
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=244
- Add ncurses patch 20230615
+ modify _nc_read_file_entry() to show relevant filename in warnings.
+ improve checks in convert_string() for corrupt terminfo entry (report
and test-case by Gregory James Duck).
- Add ncurses patch 20230610
+ improve manpages discussing file descriptors in low-level functions.
+ modify flushinp to use file descriptors in SCREEN, rather than from
TERMINAL, and check if they are for a terminal, like SVr4.
+ modify mcprint to use file descriptor in SCREEN, for consistency.
+ add xterm+focus to foot+base (patch by Daniel Ekloef).
+ correct definition of Charable() for non-wide ncurses library (report
and test-case by Zbigniew Baniewski).
- Add ncurses patch 20230603
+ add configure option --with-strip-program, to override program
chosen by the install program for stripping executables (prompted
by discussion with Aapo Rantalainen).
+ fix typo in INSTALL (report/patch by Aapo Rantalainen).
+ improve error-checks for isEILSEQ()
+ increase MB_CUR_MAX to 16, matching glibc's MB_LEN_MAX.
+ corrected mouse mask in test/testcurs.c
+ improve thread lock in lib_trace.c
- Correct offsets of patch ncurses-6.4.dif
- Add ncurses patch 20230527
+ fixes for compiler warnings/cppcheck.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1093491
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=241
- Add ncurses patch 20230506
> build-fixes related to configure-options and/or platform:
+ fix for --enable-fvisibility
+ fix for unusual values of --with-rel-version
+ fix for unusual values of --with-abi-version
+ fix for --disable-tcap-names
+ fix for termcap in nc_access.h (report by Werner Fink).
- Delete patch ncurses-6.4-makeuseof_secure_open.dif as now upstream
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1085480
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=239
- Do not overwrite PKG_CONFIG_PATH for new tack support
- Add ncurses patch 20230429
+ revise recent change to _nc_write_entry to isolate it to a Cygwin bug
(cf: 20230311)
+ amend fix for wgetnstr, wgetn_wstr to use cbreak mode unless raw
mode was set (cf: 20210522).
+ fix a few warnings from cppcheck, etc.
+ correct copy/paste error in nc_access.h (report by Werner Fink).
- Adopt patch ncurses-6.4-makeuseof_secure_open.dif
* Fix yet an other copy/paste typo
- Add patch ncurses-6.4-makeuseof_secure_open.dif
* Really make use of _nc_safe_fopen() and _nc_safe_open3()
- Add ncurses patch 20230424
+ check return value of _nc_save_str(), in special case for tic where
extended capabilities are processed but the terminal description was
not initialized (report by Ziqiao Kong).
+ regenerate llib-* files.
- Add ncurses patch 20230423 (boo#1210552)
+ add tiscan_s() to help applications check formatting capabilities
that would be passed to tiparm_s, etc.
+ add tiparm_s() to provide applications a way to tell ncurses what
the expected parameters are for a capability (tmux #3531).
+ improve check in lib_tparm.c, ensuring that a char* fits into a
TPARM_ARG.
+ add --disable-setuid-environ configure option (request by Sven
Joachim).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1084217
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=238
- Fix get_version_number.sh to show version without suffix gz.asc
- Add ncurses patch 20230418 (boo#1210485, (boo#1210434)
+ improve checks for limits on privileged execution:
+ modify _nc_syserr_abort() to use _nc_env_access(), rather than
only checking root uid.
+ use getauxval() when available, to improve setuid/setgid checks.
+ modify test packages to disable root access/environ options.
+ modify tgoto() to accept no-parameter capabilities, for joe editor
(OpenSUSE #1210485, Gentoo #904263).
- Add signatures of the patches as well in patch tar ball
- Add ncurses patch 20230415 (boo#1210485)
+ configure script fixes:
+ fix copy/paste error in configure option --disable-root-access
(report/patch by Sven Joachim).
+ modify CF_XOPEN_SOURCE macro's amend default case to avoid
undefining _XOPEN_SOURCE if _POSIX_C_SOURCE is defined.
+ modify test_tparm to account for extended capabilities.
+ add checks in tparm() and tiparm() for misuse of numeric parameters,
overlooked in 20230408.
+ fix errata in clear.1 and curs_terminfo.3x
- Add ncurses patch 20230408 (boo#1210434)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1080277
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=237
- Add ncurses patch 20230408
+ document limitations of tparm, and error-returns in curs_terminfo.3x
+ document limitations of tgoto, and error-returns in curs_termcap.3x
+ add xterm+focus to alacritty+common (patch by Christian Duerr).
+ add "-v" option to tput, to show warnings.
> improve checks for malformed terminfo data (report/analysis by
Jonathan Bar Or, Michael Pearse, Emanuele Cozzi).
+ make the parameter type/count checks in _nc_tiparm() more stringent
+ update tgoto() to account for _nc_tiparm() changes
+ add checks in tparm() and tiparm() for misuse of string parameters
+ add special cases in tput to handle extensions Cs/Ms parameters
+ ignore compiled-terminfo where the array sizes exceed the standard
- Skip gzipping manual pages as brp-compress does the job
- Add ncurses patch 20230401
+ modify experimental Windows driver to work with xterm mouse protocol.
+ remove DECCOLM+DECSCLM from foot (patch by Daniel Ekloef).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1078402
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=236
- Add ncurses patch 20230311
+ improve manpage description for addch versus unctrl format used for
non-printable characters.
+ modify version-check for gcc/g++, now works for msys2.
+ modify check in _nc_write_entry() for multiply defined aliases to
report problems within the current runtime of tic rather than for
conflicts with pre-existing terminal descriptions.
+ allow for MinGW32-/64-bit configurations to use _DEFAULT_SOURCE
+ clarify interaction of -R option versus -C, -I and -r in infocmp
manpage.
+ build-fix in lib_win32con.c (cf: 20230211).
+ add/use configure check for clock_gettime(), to supersede
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1071083
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=235
- Add ncurses patch 20230218
+ configure-script improvements:
+ recent msys2 headers work with _DEFAULT_SOURCE; amend check
+ use $ac_includes_default in most cases where stdlib.h should work
+ use #error consistently vs "make an error"
+ add configure macro for gettimeofday vs inline check
- Correct offsets of patch ncurses-6.4.dif
- Add ncurses patch 20230211
+ set dwShareMode in calls to CreateConsoleScreenBuffer() (patch by
Hannes Domani).
+ use CreateFile with "CONIN$", "CONOUT$" rather than GetStdHandle to
obtain a handle on the actual console, avoiding redirection in the
MinGW/Win32 configurations (adapted from patch by LIU Hao).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1066746
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=233
- Add ncurses patch 20230114
+ change RV to XR/xr, to avoid conflict with pre-existing usage in vim,
to use RV/rv to denote DA2 and its response (discussion with Bram
Moolenaar) -TD
+ add XF flag to xterm+focus so that termcap applications can be aware
of terminals which may support focus in/out -TD
+ use xterm+focus in xterm-p370 and tmux -TD
+ improve configure-script macros vs compiler warnings.
- Correct offsets of patches
* ncurses-5.9-ibm327x.dif
* ncurses-6.4.dif
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1058637
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=229
- Avoid trouble with invalid certificate for ftp.invisible-island.net
and use www.invisible-island.net
- Modify offset in patch ncurses-5.9-ibm327x.dif
- Port patch ncurses-6.3.dif and rename it to ncurses-6.4.dif
- Update tack to 1.09-20221229
* latest config.guess and config.sub
- Add ncurses patch 20230107
+ add --with-abi-altered configure option (prompted by discussion with
Brian Inglis).
+ add BSD erase2 to characters handled by tset/reset.
+ improve configure-script macros vs compiler warnings.
+ regenerate configure scripts with autoconf 2.52.20221202
+ add RV report+version (suggested by Bram Moolenaar).
+ add comment to bracketed+paste explaining that vim patch 9.0.1117 is
needed for use with the updated xterm descriptions (suggested by Bram
Moolenaar).
- Add ncurses update 6.4 (patch 20221231)
+ update release notes
+ regenerate llib-* files.
+ correct PS vs PE names in bracketed+paste (report by Bram Moolenaar)
- Add ncurses patch 20221224
+ add mutex lock/unlock in a few places reported by thread-sanitizer
+ add/use bracketed+paste to help identify terminals supporting this
xterm feature (prompted by discussion with Bram Moolenaar) -TD
- Add ncurses patch 20221217
+ install Ada95 sample programs in libexecdir, adding a wrapper
script to invoke those.
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1057605
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=228
- Add ncurses patch 20221105
+ regenerate configure scripts with autoconf 2.52.20221009
+ modify "--with-manpage-format" to support bzip2 and xz compression
(prompted by discussion with Sam James).
+ modify make-tar.sh scripts to make timestamps more predictable.
- Add ncurses patch 20221029
+ improve curs_slk.3x discussion of extensions and portability (report
by Bill Gray).
- Add ncurses patch 20221023
+ change man_db.renames to template, to handle ncurses*-config script
with the extra-suffix configure option.
- Add ncurses patch 20221015
+ fix another memory-leak in tic.
+ update install-sh script from autoconf, to fix install problem for
Ada95 with Arch; as noted in
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2018-09/msg00005.html
there are unaddressed issues.
+ update CF_XOPEN_SOURCE, adding GNU libc suffixes for abi64, abin32,
x32 (report by Sven Joachim):
+ correct ifdef's for _nc_set_read_thread() (patch by Mikhail Korolev,
cf: 20220813).
- Add ncurses patch 20221008
+ correct a switch-statement case in configure script to allow for test
builds with ABI=7.
+ modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to allow for the case where the library
directory does not yet exist, since this is processed before doing an
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1034125
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/ncurses?expand=0&rev=226
