diff --git a/Ada95/src/Makefile.in b/Ada95/src/Makefile.in
index c35dbc08..c582fa21 100644
--- a/Ada95/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/Ada95/src/Makefile.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ##############################################################################
-# Copyright 2018-2021,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                  #
+# Copyright 2018-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey                                  #
 # Copyright 1999-2016,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                    #
 #                                                                            #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a    #
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #
 #  Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1996
 #
-#  $Id: Makefile.in,v 1.97 2024/08/10 18:18:44 tom Exp $
+#  $Id: Makefile.in,v 1.99 2025/03/22 21:39:31 tom Exp $
 #
 .SUFFIXES:
 
@@ -284,9 +284,11 @@ STATIC_DIRS = \
 	$(BUILD_DIR)/static-obj
 
 @USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@$(BUILD_DIR_LIB)/$(STATIC_LIBNAME) :: \
-@USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@		$(ABASE)-trace.adb \
-@USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@		$(STATIC_C_OBJS) \
 @USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@		$(STATIC_DIRS)
+@USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@$(BUILD_DIR_LIB)/$(STATIC_LIBNAME) :: \
+@USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@		$(ABASE)-trace.adb \
+@USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@		$(STATIC_C_OBJS)
+@USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@	@echo "Making $@"
 @USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@	@cf_ada_config@gprconfig --batch --config=Ada --config=C,,,,@cf_ada_config_C@
 @USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@	-rm -f $(GNAT_PROJECT)
 @USE_GNAT_PROJECTS@	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/library-cfg.sh static library.gpr $(CFLAGS_NORMAL) >$(GNAT_PROJECT)
@@ -320,6 +322,7 @@ STATIC_DIRS = \
 #NEW:BEGIN
 #@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@install \
 #@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@install.libs ::
+#@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@	@echo "Making $@"
 #@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@	@cf_ada_config@gprconfig --batch --config=Ada --config=C,,,,@cf_ada_config_C@
 #@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@	-rm -f $(GNAT_PROJECT)
 #@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/library-cfg.sh static library.gpr $(CFLAGS_NORMAL) >$(GNAT_PROJECT)
@@ -344,6 +347,7 @@ uninstall.libs ::
 #NEW:BEGIN
 #@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@uninstall \
 #@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@uninstall.libs ::
+#@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@	@echo "Making $@"
 #@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@	@cf_ada_config@gprconfig --batch --config=Ada --config=C,,,,@cf_ada_config_C@
 #@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@	-rm -f $(GNAT_PROJECT)
 #@USE_GNAT_LIBRARIES@	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/library-cfg.sh static library.gpr $(CFLAGS_NORMAL) >$(GNAT_PROJECT)
@@ -369,9 +373,11 @@ SHARED_DIRS = \
 
 @MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@all :: $(BUILD_DIR_LIB)/$(SHARED_LIBNAME)
 @MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@$(BUILD_DIR_LIB)/$(SHARED_LIBNAME) :: \
+@MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@		$(SHARED_DIRS)
+@MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@$(BUILD_DIR_LIB)/$(SHARED_LIBNAME) :: \
 @MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@		$(ABASE)-trace.adb \
-@MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@		$(SHARED_DIRS) \
 @MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@		$(SHARED_OBJS)
+@MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@	@echo "Making $@"
 @MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@	cp $(SHARED_OBJS) $(BUILD_DIR)/dynamic-obj/
 @MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@	@cf_ada_config@gprconfig --batch --config=Ada --config=C,,,,@cf_ada_config_C@
 @MAKE_ADA_SHAREDLIB@	-rm -f $(GNAT_PROJECT)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 897a40aa..e5c6b7e5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4261 2025/03/15 23:56:46 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4264 2025/03/22 23:18:22 tom Exp $
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ See the AUTHORS file for the corresponding full names.
 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
 it is not possible to add this information.
 
+20250322
+	+ add a null pointer check in mouse-initialization, for the
+	  experimental Windows driver (patch by Daniel Starke).
+	+ improve makefile dependency in Ada95/src
+	+ add note in user_caps.5 addressing a quibble about dates.
+
 20250315
 	+ improve formatting/style of manpages (patches by Branden Robinson).
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bf596890..7df27c94 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5:0:10	6.5	20250315
+5:0:10	6.5	20250322
diff --git a/dist.mk b/dist.mk
index 804bc3cc..af38ae05 100644
--- a/dist.mk
+++ b/dist.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # use or other dealings in this Software without prior written               #
 # authorization.                                                             #
 ##############################################################################
-# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1660 2025/03/15 11:18:45 tom Exp $
+# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1661 2025/03/22 10:41:37 tom Exp $
 # Makefile for creating ncurses distributions.
 #
 # This only needs to be used directly as a makefile by developers, but
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ SHELL = /bin/sh
 # These define the major/minor/patch versions of ncurses.
 NCURSES_MAJOR = 6
 NCURSES_MINOR = 5
-NCURSES_PATCH = 20250315
+NCURSES_PATCH = 20250322
 
 # We don't append the patch to the version, since this only applies to releases
 VERSION = $(NCURSES_MAJOR).$(NCURSES_MINOR)
diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_outopts.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_outopts.3x.html
index 5433b9db..edacbbc2 100644
--- a/doc/html/man/curs_outopts.3x.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/curs_outopts.3x.html
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.91 2025/03/08 23:19:30 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.93 2025/03/22 22:46:52 tom Exp @
 -->
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
 <HTML>
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
 <meta name="generator" content="Manpage converted by man2html - see https://invisible-island.net/scripts/readme.html#others_scripts">
-<TITLE>curs_outopts 3x 2025-03-08 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</TITLE>
+<TITLE>curs_outopts 3x 2025-03-22 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</TITLE>
 <link rel="author" href="mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org">
 
 </HEAD>
 <BODY>
-<H1 class="no-header">curs_outopts 3x 2025-03-08 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_outopts 3x 2025-03-22 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
 <PRE>
 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>                 Library calls                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-08                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-22                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
 </PRE>
 <div class="nav">
 <ul>
diff --git a/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html b/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
index 5c08fa18..9a464aa1 100644
--- a/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
        displays  with  output  optimized  to minimize screen updates.  <EM>ncurses</EM>
        replaces the <EM>curses</EM> libraries from System V Release 4 Unix ("SVr4") and
        4.4BSD  Unix,  the  development  of  which  ceased  in the 1990s.  This
-       document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250315).
+       document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250322).
 
        <EM>ncurses</EM> permits control of the terminal screen's contents;  abstraction
        and  subdivision thereof with <EM>windows</EM> and <EM>pads</EM>; acquisition of keyboard
diff --git a/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html b/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
index 81f79fbe..75701b49 100644
--- a/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
        have, by specifying how to perform screen operations, and by specifying
        padding requirements and initialization sequences.
 
-       This document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250315).
+       This document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250322).
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-terminfo-Entry-Syntax"><EM>terminfo</EM> Entry Syntax</a></H3><PRE>
diff --git a/doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html b/doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html
index 61e2de80..0a57a77f 100644
--- a/doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: user_caps.5,v 1.51 2024/06/08 21:01:53 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: user_caps.5,v 1.53 2025/03/22 22:27:44 tom Exp @
 -->
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
 <HTML>
 <HEAD>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
 <meta name="generator" content="Manpage converted by man2html - see https://invisible-island.net/scripts/readme.html#others_scripts">
-<TITLE>user_caps 5 2024-06-08 ncurses 6.5 File formats</TITLE>
+<TITLE>user_caps 5 2025-03-22 ncurses 6.5 File formats</TITLE>
 <link rel="author" href="mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org">
 
 </HEAD>
 <BODY>
-<H1 class="no-header">user_caps 5 2024-06-08 ncurses 6.5 File formats</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">user_caps 5 2025-03-22 ncurses 6.5 File formats</H1>
 <PRE>
 <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>                     File formats                     <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2024-06-08                      <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-22                      <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
 </PRE>
 <div class="nav">
 <ul>
diff --git a/man/curs_outopts.3x b/man/curs_outopts.3x
index 9c1b640e..78991670 100644
--- a/man/curs_outopts.3x
+++ b/man/curs_outopts.3x
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.91 2025/03/08 23:19:30 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_outopts 3X 2025-03-08 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.93 2025/03/22 22:46:52 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_outopts 3X 2025-03-22 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ possessing them according to the
 .I \%term\%info
 database.
 .\" TODO: What's the historical rationale for the `idcok()` feature?
+.\" TED: Solaris SVr4 source uses this to bypass some logic which may not work
+.\" with terminals that use "magic cookies" (cells where the video attribute
+.\" changes and no actual character is stored).
 .SS idlok
 Setting
 .IR win 's
diff --git a/man/user_caps.5 b/man/user_caps.5
index cf5fa858..3f3e721c 100644
--- a/man/user_caps.5
+++ b/man/user_caps.5
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: user_caps.5,v 1.51 2024/06/08 21:01:53 tom Exp $
-.TH user_caps 5 2024-06-08 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "File formats"
+.\" $Id: user_caps.5,v 1.53 2025/03/22 22:27:44 tom Exp $
+.TH user_caps 5 2025-03-22 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "File formats"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ and standardized in X/Open Curses starting in 1995.
 .\" the standard, so lacks a "HISTORY" section.  However, `tigetstr()`
 .\" and `tputs()` are identified in the same document as new to Issue 4,
 .\" so GBR conjectures that the list came in at the same time.
+.\"
+.\" TED: the list is reflected in term.h, seen in examples from AIX 3 and 4,
+.\" HP-UX 9, OSF/1, Solaris 2.4, dating from 1992-1994 -- all before 1996.
+.\" The AIX 4 file has copyright dates starting in 1984;
+.\" the Solaris file cites 1988 (the others have no copyright comments).
+.\" Those term.h files note in a comment that it is generated by a script with
+.\" a data file, i.e.,
+.\"	term.h - this file is automatically made from caps and maketerm.ex.
+.\" illumos-gate has related source, with a "caps" file having AT&T copyright
+.\" for 1988, and UCB copyright for 1982, 1986, 1988.  That 1982 is interesting
+.\" (hinting that something may have been in the initial releated of System V)
+.\" but the first release with tic appears to be SVr2 in 1984.
 .PP
 Most of the \fIextensions\fP in this fixed repertoire were additions
 to the tables of Boolean, numeric and string capabilities.
diff --git a/ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c b/ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c
index a995b425..aa512231 100644
--- a/ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c
+++ b/ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 #define CUR SP_TERMTYPE
 #endif
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_mouse.c,v 1.208 2025/02/15 15:12:21 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_mouse.c,v 1.209 2025/03/22 23:14:11 Daniel.Starke Exp $")
 
 #include <tic.h>
 
@@ -761,7 +761,8 @@ initialize_mousetype(SCREEN *sp)
     /* we know how to recognize mouse events under "xterm" */
     if (NonEmpty(key_mouse)) {
 	init_xterm_mouse(sp);
-    } else if (strstr(SP_TERMTYPE term_names, "xterm") != NULL) {
+    } else if (SP_TERMTYPE term_names != NULL
+	       && strstr(SP_TERMTYPE term_names, "xterm") != NULL) {
 	if (_nc_add_to_try(&(sp->_keytry), xterm_kmous, KEY_MOUSE) == OK)
 	    init_xterm_mouse(sp);
     }
diff --git a/package/debian-mingw/changelog b/package/debian-mingw/changelog
index a37d7b49..5b220987 100644
--- a/package/debian-mingw/changelog
+++ b/package/debian-mingw/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6td (6.5+20250315) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6td (6.5+20250322) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:18:45 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 22 Mar 2025 06:41:37 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9+20131005) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/package/debian-mingw64/changelog b/package/debian-mingw64/changelog
index a37d7b49..5b220987 100644
--- a/package/debian-mingw64/changelog
+++ b/package/debian-mingw64/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6td (6.5+20250315) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6td (6.5+20250322) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:18:45 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 22 Mar 2025 06:41:37 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9+20131005) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/package/debian/changelog b/package/debian/changelog
index 96034e3b..0a493be1 100644
--- a/package/debian/changelog
+++ b/package/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6td (6.5+20250315) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6td (6.5+20250322) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:18:45 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 22 Mar 2025 06:41:37 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9+20120608) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi b/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
index 162b58bb..b199e08a 100644
--- a/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
+++ b/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.694 2025/03/15 11:18:45 tom Exp $
+; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.695 2025/03/22 10:41:37 tom Exp $
 
 ; TODO add examples
 ; TODO bump ABI to 6
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 !define VERSION_MAJOR "6"
 !define VERSION_MINOR "5"
 !define VERSION_YYYY  "2025"
-!define VERSION_MMDD  "0315"
+!define VERSION_MMDD  "0322"
 !define VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_YYYY}${VERSION_MMDD}
 
 !define MY_ABI   "5"
diff --git a/package/mingw-ncurses.spec b/package/mingw-ncurses.spec
index 61eb2b69..14e11669 100644
--- a/package/mingw-ncurses.spec
+++ b/package/mingw-ncurses.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
 Name: mingw32-ncurses6
 Version: 6.5
-Release: 20250315
+Release: 20250322
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 URL: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
diff --git a/package/ncurses.spec b/package/ncurses.spec
index f75f103b..54534c97 100644
--- a/package/ncurses.spec
+++ b/package/ncurses.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
 Name: ncurses6
 Version: 6.5
-Release: 20250315
+Release: 20250322
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 URL: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
diff --git a/package/ncursest.spec b/package/ncursest.spec
index c4722794..9dd689b0 100644
--- a/package/ncursest.spec
+++ b/package/ncursest.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Curses library with POSIX thread support.
 Name: ncursest6
 Version: 6.5
-Release: 20250315
+Release: 20250322
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz