4 User visible incompatible changes
5 ---------------------------------
9 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
10 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
11 get the functions that were previously provided.
13 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
14 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
16 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
17 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
18 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
21 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
22 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
23 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
26 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
27 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
28 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
31 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
32 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
33 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
35 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
36 must contain an explicit dependency on
39 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
40 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
41 effect except on very old platforms.
43 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
44 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
46 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
48 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
51 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
54 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
57 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
58 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
61 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
62 rather than only defined to 1.
64 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
65 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
66 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
67 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
68 include <unistd.h>. For all other
69 functions provided by this module,
70 continue to include "openat.h".
72 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
73 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
76 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
77 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
79 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
80 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
81 "long options" and "options with optional
82 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
84 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
87 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
88 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
89 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
90 The calling convention of the functions
91 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
93 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
94 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
95 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
96 The calling convention of the functions
97 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
99 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
100 The maint.mk file was copied from
101 coreutils, and the old
102 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
103 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
104 this will add several new checks. If some
105 new check is annoying, add the name of the
106 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
109 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
111 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
113 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
115 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
117 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
118 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
119 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
122 val = c_strtod (...);
123 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
126 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
127 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
129 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
130 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
132 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
133 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
134 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
135 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
136 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
137 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
139 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
142 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
145 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
148 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
150 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
152 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
155 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
158 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
161 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
164 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
167 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
170 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
171 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
172 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
173 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
174 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
176 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
177 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
178 socket descriptors are now compatible with
179 file descriptors. In general, this change
180 will simply improve your code's portability
181 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
182 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
183 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
184 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
185 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
186 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
188 This change does not remove the need to call
189 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
190 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
191 when you include the sys_socket module; while
192 the functionality will be restored soon, for
193 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
194 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
196 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
198 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
199 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
200 equivalent function, use function
201 xconcatenated_filename from module
204 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
205 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
206 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
207 You may need to create a symbolic link for
208 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
209 installed in $prefix/lib.
211 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
214 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
215 to "glthread/lock.h".
216 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
219 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
220 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
221 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
223 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
224 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
225 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
226 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
228 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
229 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
230 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
231 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
233 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
234 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
235 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
236 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
237 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
239 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
241 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
244 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
247 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
248 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
250 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
251 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
252 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
253 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
255 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
256 implementations; clients that use controlled
257 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
258 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
259 module instead for smaller code size.
261 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
262 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
263 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
264 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
265 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
267 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
268 implementations; clients that use controlled
269 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
270 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
271 module instead for smaller code size.
273 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
274 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
275 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
276 module if you need it.
278 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
281 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
284 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
285 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
286 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
287 module description for the applicable license.
289 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
290 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
291 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
293 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
294 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
295 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
298 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
299 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
300 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
302 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
304 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
305 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
307 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
308 error to standard error; that is now the
309 caller's responsibility. It returns an
310 error code of type enum strtol_error
311 instead of the integer option value, and stores
312 the option value via a new int * argument.
313 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
314 are now an option name and option argument
315 instead of an option argument and a type string,
316 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
318 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
320 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
321 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
323 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
326 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
327 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
329 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
332 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
333 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
337 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
338 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
343 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
344 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
345 that has a different signature.
347 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
348 #include "sigprocmask.h"
352 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
353 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
354 'long double' as a type exists.
356 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
357 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
358 des Renamed to crypto/des.
359 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
360 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
361 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
362 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
363 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
364 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
365 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
366 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
367 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
368 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
369 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
370 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
371 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
372 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
373 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
374 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
375 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
376 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
377 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
378 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
380 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
381 #include "vasprintf.h"
385 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
388 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
390 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
391 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
392 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
394 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
395 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
396 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
398 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
401 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
402 iconv_string -> str_iconv
403 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
406 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
407 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
408 carray-list You can pass NULL.
416 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
417 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
421 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
424 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
425 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
426 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
427 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
428 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
429 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
430 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
431 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
432 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
433 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
434 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
436 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
437 using the "des" module directly.
439 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
440 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
441 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
443 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
444 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
445 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
450 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
457 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
458 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil