diff --git a/ncurses/base/MKlib_gen.sh b/ncurses/base/MKlib_gen.sh
index 4f7f19d..f0ac045 100755
--- a/ncurses/base/MKlib_gen.sh
+++ b/ncurses/base/MKlib_gen.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 #
 # MKlib_gen.sh -- generate sources from curses.h macro definitions
 #
-# ($Id: MKlib_gen.sh,v 1.50 2015/08/07 00:48:24 tom Exp $)
+# ($Id: MKlib_gen.sh,v 1.73 2022/10/01 13:14:20 tom Exp $)
 #
 ##############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                #
+# Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey                                  #
+# Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                    #
 #                                                                            #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a    #
 # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), #
@@ -62,22 +63,31 @@
 if test "${LC_CTYPE+set}"    = set; then LC_CTYPE=C;    export LC_CTYPE;    fi
 if test "${LC_COLLATE+set}"  = set; then LC_COLLATE=C;  export LC_COLLATE;  fi
 
-preprocessor="$1 -DNCURSES_INTERNALS -I../include"
+preprocessor="$1 -DNCURSES_WATTR_MACROS -DNCURSES_INTERNALS -I../include"
 AWK="$2"
 USE="$3"
 
 # A patch discussed here:
 #	https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2014-06/msg02185.html
+#
 # introduces spurious #line markers into the preprocessor output.  The result
 # appears in gcc 5.0 and (with modification) in 5.1, making it necessary to
 # determine if we are using gcc, and if so, what version because the proposed
 # solution uses a nonstandard option.
-PRG=`echo "$1" | $AWK '{ sub(/^[[:space:]]*/,""); sub(/[[:space:]].*$/, ""); print; }' || exit 0`
-FSF=`"$PRG" --version 2>/dev/null || exit 0 | fgrep "Free Software Foundation" | head -n 1`
+#
+# As illustrated in
+#	https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60723
+#
+# gcc developers chose to ignore the problems with this, and summarized those
+# as "intriguing problems" in
+#	https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/porting_to.html
+
+PRG=`echo "$1" | "$AWK" '{ sub(/^[ 	]*/,""); sub(/[ 	].*$/, ""); print; }' || exit 0`
+FSF=`("$PRG" --version 2>/dev/null || exit 0) | ${FGREP-grep -F} "Free Software Foundation" | head -n 1`
 ALL=`"$PRG" -dumpversion 2>/dev/null || exit 0`
-ONE=`echo "$ALL" | sed -e 's/\..*$//'`
+ONE=`echo "$ALL" | sed -e 's/[^0-9].*$//'`
 if test -n "$FSF" && test -n "$ALL" && test -n "$ONE" ; then
-	if test $ONE -ge 5 ; then
+	if test "$ONE" -ge 5 ; then
 		echo ".. adding -P option to work around $PRG $ALL" >&2
 		preprocessor="$preprocessor -P"
 	fi
@@ -91,14 +101,15 @@
 AW1=awk1_${PID}.awk
 AW2=awk2_${PID}.awk
 TMP=gen__${PID}.c
-trap "rm -f $ED1 $ED2 $ED3 $ED4 $AW1 $AW2 $TMP" 0 1 2 5 15
+trap "rm -f $ED1 $ED2 $ED3 $ED4 $AW1 $AW2 $TMP; exit 1" 1 2 3 15
+trap "rm -f $ED1 $ED2 $ED3 $ED4 $AW1 $AW2 $TMP" 0
 
 ALL=$USE
 if test "$USE" = implemented ; then
-	CALL="call_"
 	cat >$ED1 <<EOF1
 /^extern.*implemented/{
 	h
+	s/GCC_DEPRECATED([^)]*)//
 	s/NCURSES_SP_NAME(\([^)]*\))/NCURSES_SP_NAME___\1/
 	h
 	s/^.*implemented:\([^ 	*]*\).*/P_POUNDCif_USE_\1_SUPPORT/p
@@ -117,7 +128,6 @@
 }
 EOF1
 else
-	CALL=""
 	cat >$ED1 <<EOF1
 /^extern.*${ALL}/{
 	h
@@ -176,7 +186,8 @@
 
 if test "$USE" = generated ; then
 cat >$ED4 <<EOF
-	s/^\(.*\) \(.*\) (\(.*\))\$/NCURSES_EXPORT(\1) (\2) (\3)/
+	s/^\(.*\) \(.*\) (\(.*\))\$/NCURSES_EXPORT(\1) \2 (\3)/
+	/attr_[sg]et.* z)/s,z),z GCC_UNUSED),
 EOF
 else
 cat >$ED4 <<EOF
@@ -230,7 +241,7 @@
 	} else if ( $first == "bool" || $first == "NCURSES_BOOL" ) {
 		returnType = "Bool";
 	} else if ( $second == "*" ) {
-		returnType = "Ptr";
+		returnType = ($1 == "NCURSES_CONST") ? "CPtr" : "Ptr";
 	} else {
 		returnType = "Code";
 	}
@@ -241,6 +252,9 @@
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+	if (using == "implemented") {
+		printf "#undef %s\n", $myfunc;
+	}
 	print $0;
 	print "{";
 	argcount = 1;
@@ -273,6 +287,11 @@
 		dotrace = 0;
 	}
 
+	do_getstr = 0;
+	if ($myfunc ~ /get[n]?str/) {
+		do_getstr = 1;
+	}
+
 	call = "@@T((T_CALLED(\""
 	args = ""
 	comma = ""
@@ -309,7 +328,11 @@
 				call = call "%s"
 			} else if (pointer) {
 				if ( argtype == "char" ) {
-					call = call "%s"
+					if (do_getstr) {
+						call = call "%p"
+					} else {
+						call = call "%s"
+					}
 					comma = comma "_nc_visbuf2(" num ","
 					pointer = 0;
 				} else {
@@ -359,7 +382,7 @@
 	call = call ")); "
 
 	if (dotrace)
-		printf "%s", call
+		printf "%s\n\t@@", call
 
 	if (match($0, "^void")) {
 		call = ""
@@ -398,9 +421,10 @@
 
 cat >$AW2 <<EOF1
 BEGIN		{
+		printf "/* This file was generated by $0 $USE */\n"
+		print ""
 		print "/*"
 		print " * DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND!"
-		printf " * It is generated by $0 %s.\n", "$USE"
 		if ( "$USE" == "generated" ) {
 			print " *"
 			print " * This is a file of trivial functions generated from macro"
@@ -417,14 +441,10 @@
 		print "#include <ncurses_cfg.h>"
 		print ""
 		print "#undef NCURSES_NOMACROS	/* _this_ file uses macros */"
+		print "#define NCURSES_NOMACROS 1"
 		print ""
 		print "#include <curses.priv.h>"
 		print ""
-		print "#undef vw_scanw"
-		print "#undef vwscanw"
-		print ""
-		print "#undef vw_printw"
-		print "#undef vwprintw"
 		}
 /^DECLARATIONS/	{start = 1; next;}
 		{
@@ -449,16 +469,17 @@
 			for (n = 1; n < start; ++n) {
 				value = calls[n];
 				if ( value !~ /P_POUNDC/ ) {
-					gsub(/[[:blank:]]+/," ",value);
-					sub(/^[[:alnum:]_]+ /,"",value);
-					sub(/^\* /,"",value);
-					gsub(/[[:alnum:]_]+ \* /,"",value);
+					gsub(/[ \t]+/," ",value);
+					sub(/^[0-9a-zA-Z_]+ /,"",value);
+					sub(/^[*][ \t]*/,"",value);
+					gsub("struct[ \t]*[0-9a-zA-Z_]+[ \t]*[*]","",value);
+					gsub(/[0-9a-zA-Z_]+[ \t]*[*][ \t]*/,"",value);
 					gsub(/ (const) /," ",value);
 					gsub(/ (int|short|attr_t|chtype|wchar_t|NCURSES_BOOL|NCURSES_OUTC|NCURSES_OUTC_sp|va_list) /," ",value);
 					gsub(/ void /,"",value);
 					sub(/^/,"call_",value);
-					gsub(/ (a[[:digit:]]|z) /, " 0 ", value);
-					gsub(/ int[[:blank:]]*[(][^)]+[)][(][^)]+[)]/, "0", value);
+					gsub(/ (a[0-9]|z) /, " 0 ", value);
+					gsub(/ int[ \t]*[(][^)]+[)][(][^)]+[)]/, "0", value);
 					printf "\t%s;\n", value;
 				} else {
 					print value;
@@ -484,7 +505,7 @@
 sed -n -f $ED1 \
 | sed -e 's/NCURSES_EXPORT(\(.*\)) \(.*\) (\(.*\))/\1 \2(\3)/' \
 | sed -f $ED2 \
-| $AWK -f $AW1 using=$USE \
+| "$AWK" -f $AW1 using="$USE" \
 | sed \
 	-e 's/ [ ]*$//g' \
 	-e 's/^\([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z_]*[ *]*\)/\1 gen_/' \
@@ -496,7 +517,7 @@
 	-e 's/  / /g' \
 	-e 's/^ //' \
 	-e 's/_Bool/NCURSES_BOOL/g' \
-| $AWK -f $AW2 \
+| "$AWK" -f $AW2 \
 | sed -f $ED3 \
 | sed \
 	-e 's/^.*T_CALLED.*returnCode( \([a-z].*) \));/	return \1;/' \