NetBSD curses compatibility

[0-wiz-0]

BPO	46000
Nosy	@tiran, @0-wiz-0, @serhiy-storchaka, @miss-islington
PRs	bpo-46000: improve NetBSD curses compatibility #29947 [3.10] bpo-46000: Improve NetBSD curses compatibility (GH-29947) #30022 [3.9] bpo-46000: Improve NetBSD curses compatibility (GH-29947) #30023
Files	patch-Modules___cursesmodule.c: Patch fixing the problem

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closed_at = <Date 2021-12-10.11:46:01.015>
created_at = <Date 2021-12-06.16:11:52.398>
labels = ['extension-modules', 'type-bug', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
title = 'NetBSD curses compatibility'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-10.11:46:01.012>
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resolution = 'fixed'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue46000'
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[0-wiz-0]

The code in Modules/_cursesmodule.c has an assumption on ncurses.
The attached simple patch fixes this and works with both NetBSD curses and ncurses.

[tiran]

Could you please open a pull request on GitHub? A PR will run our CI and our bots will verify that your changeset follows our guidelines.

[0-wiz-0]

Done: #29947

[serhiy-storchaka]

New changeset 2fb797e by Thomas Klausner in branch 'main':
bpo-46000: Improve NetBSD curses compatibility (GH-29947)
2fb797e

[miss-islington]

New changeset bb76410 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.10':
bpo-46000: Improve NetBSD curses compatibility (GH-29947)
bb76410

[serhiy-storchaka]

New changeset 040f9f9 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.9':
bpo-46000: Improve NetBSD curses compatibility (GH-29947) (GH-30023)
040f9f9

[serhiy-storchaka]

Thank you Thomas for your contribution.