Re: ncurses 6.6-20260314 can no longer read xterm_256color extended attributes on redhat 8+ systems

Thomas Dickey <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:17:13 -0400
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 05:15:42PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>=20
> The diffstat for 20260307 is
>=20
>  NEWS                             |   11 +++++++++--
>  VERSION                          |    2 +-
>  dist.mk                          |    4 ++--
>  ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c         |    5 ++++-
>  ncurses/tinfo/comp_parse.c       |    6 ++++--
>  ncurses/tinfo/doalloc.c          |    6 +++---
>  ncurses/tinfo/read_entry.c       |    9 ++-------
>  ncurses/tinfo/read_termcap.c     |    6 +++---
>  ncurses/tinfo/write_entry.c      |    7 ++++---
>  ncurses/trace/lib_trace.c        |    5 ++---
>  ncurses/tty/lib_mvcur.c          |   13 +++++++------
>  ncurses/win32con/wcwidth.c       |    6 ++++--
>  package/debian-mingw/changelog   |    4 ++--
>  package/debian-mingw64/changelog |    4 ++--
>  package/debian/changelog         |    4 ++--
>  package/mingw-ncurses.nsi        |    4 ++--
>  package/mingw-ncurses.spec       |    6 +++---
>  package/ncurses.spec             |    6 +++---
>  package/ncursest.spec            |    6 +++---
>  progs/dump_entry.c               |   12 +++++-------
>  progs/infocmp.c                  |    4 ++--
>  progs/progs.priv.h               |    4 +++-
>  progs/tic.c                      |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
>  23 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
>=20
> Reading that, there's no compile changes (attaching diff, for convenience)

adding it...

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Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
https://invisible-island.net

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