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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated:  {ncurses/libncurses-devel/libncurses8/ncurses-demo}-5.7-1
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Just curious since I'm new here. Why do announcements go to this list?
Isn't there an announcement list?

Yes, I can filter these to trash easily enough.

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:21:46 -0500
Charles Wilson <cygwin AT cwilson DOT fastmail DOT fm> wrote:

> ncurses is a package that provides character and terminal handling
> libraries, including 'gui-like' panels and menus.  It is often used
> instead of termcap.
> 
> This will most likely be the final ncurses update for the cygwin-1.5
> distribution; future development will continue with ncurses-5.7-10
> for cygwin-1.7.
> 
> ************************
> IMPORTANT:  You must upgrade libncurses8 (to 5.7-1) and terminfo (to
> 5.7_20090221-1) simultaneously.
> ************************
> 
> 
> CHANGES since 5.5-3:
> ========================
> o Update to latest release (5.7) with current patchset (20090221)
> o Build using stock cygport 0.4.3
> o Build with --with-ticlib (separate add-on library exposes
>   internal ncurses details), so that the (now) separately-distributed
>   tack program can link successfully.
>   - libncurses8 package now additionally includes cygtic-8.dll
> o Upstream changes:
>   - tack program now distributed separately
>   - pkg-config .pc files now provided
>   - ncurses8-config script now provided
>   - many more demo programs in ncurses-demo
>   - /usr/share/terminfo database now organized by hex code
>     of first character (e.g. instead of r/rxvt, we have 72/rxvt
>     (0x72 == 'r'). See warning, below.
> 
> WARNING:
> ========================
> Because of a slight change in the organization of the terminfo database,
> terminfo entries NOT part of the terminfo package may need to be
> manually upgraded or moved.  To improve operation on case-insensitive
> platforms, the terminfo database is now organizaed according to the
> two-digit hexadecimal code of the entry's first letter, instead of
> organized according to that first letter itself.  For instance:
> 
>   OLD             --->   NEW
>   r/rxvt-unicode         72/rxvt-unicode
> 
> To "fix" any out-of-place entries, you may manually move them to the
> correct location, or re-run tic.exe on the original terminfo source for
> that terminal.  In the case of rxvt-unicode:
> 
> $ /etc/postinstall/rxvt-unicode.sh.done
> 
> will do the job.
> 
> --
> Charles Wilson
> ncurses volunteer maintainer for cygwin
> 
> To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
> the http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your
> system.  Then, run setup and answer all of the questions.
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