4 2010-09-04 gnulib-tool The option '--import' is no longer cumulative; it
5 now expects the complete list of modules and other
6 options on the command line. If you want to
7 augment (not set) the list of modules, use the
8 new option '--add-import' instead of '--import'.
10 User visible incompatible changes
11 ---------------------------------
15 2011-02-08 wctype-h This module no longer provides the iswblank()
16 function. If you need this function, you now need
17 to request the 'iswblank' module.
19 2011-02-07 wctype This module is renamed to wctype-h.
21 2011-01-18 multiarch This no longer #defines AA_APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD;
22 instead, use the shell var APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD.
24 2010-12-10 pipe This module is renamed to spawn-pipe. The include
25 file is renamed to "spawn-pipe.h".
27 2010-10-05 getdate This module is deprecated. Please use the new
28 parse-datetime module for the replacement
29 function parse_datetime(), or help us write
30 getdate-posix for getdate(). Also, the header
31 "getdate.h" has been renamed "parse-datetime.h",
32 and doc/getdate.texi to doc/parse-datetime.texi.
34 2010-09-29 sys_wait This module no longer provides the waitpid()
35 function. If you need this function, you now need
36 to request the 'waitpid' module.
38 2010-09-17 utimens The function gl_futimens is removed, and its
39 signature has been migrated to fdutimens. Callers
40 of gl_futimens should change function name, and
41 callers of fdutimens should swap parameter order.
43 2010-09-17 fdutimensat This function has a new signature: the fd now comes
44 first instead of the dir/name pair, and a new
45 atflag parameter is added at the end. Old code
46 should rearrange parameters, and pass 0 for atflag.
48 2010-09-13 regex The module is not guaranteeing anymore support for
49 64-bit regoff_t on 64-bit systems. The size of
50 regoff_t will always be 32-bit unless the program
51 is being configured --with-included-regex. This
52 may change again in the future once glibc provides
55 2010-09-12 savedir The fdsavedir function is now deprecated.
57 2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and
58 it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY.
59 Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC".
61 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
62 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
64 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
65 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
67 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
68 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
70 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
71 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
74 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
75 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
77 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
78 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
81 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
82 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
83 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
84 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
86 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
87 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
88 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
89 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
92 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
93 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
94 get the functions that were previously provided.
96 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
97 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
99 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
100 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
101 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
104 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
105 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
106 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
109 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
110 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
111 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
114 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
115 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
116 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
118 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
119 must contain an explicit dependency on
122 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
123 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
124 effect except on very old platforms.
126 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
127 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
129 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
131 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
134 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
137 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
138 $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME).
140 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
141 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
144 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
145 rather than only defined to 1.
147 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
148 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
149 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
150 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
151 include <unistd.h>. For all other
152 functions provided by this module,
153 continue to include "openat.h".
155 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
156 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
159 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
160 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
162 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
163 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
164 "long options" and "options with optional
165 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
167 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
170 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
171 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
172 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
173 The calling convention of the functions
174 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
176 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
177 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
178 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
179 The calling convention of the functions
180 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
182 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
183 The maint.mk file was copied from
184 coreutils, and the old
185 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
186 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
187 this will add several new checks. If some
188 new check is annoying, add the name of the
189 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
192 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
194 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
196 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
198 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
200 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
201 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
202 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
205 val = c_strtod (...);
206 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
209 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
210 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
212 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
213 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
215 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
216 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
217 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
218 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
219 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
220 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
222 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
225 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
228 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
231 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
233 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
235 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
238 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
241 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
244 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
247 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
250 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
253 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
254 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
255 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
256 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
257 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
259 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
260 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
261 socket descriptors are now compatible with
262 file descriptors. In general, this change
263 will simply improve your code's portability
264 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
265 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
266 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
267 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
268 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
269 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
271 This change does not remove the need to call
272 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
273 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
274 when you include the sys_socket module; while
275 the functionality will be restored soon, for
276 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
277 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
279 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
281 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
282 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
283 equivalent function, use function
284 xconcatenated_filename from module
287 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
288 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
289 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
290 You may need to create a symbolic link for
291 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
292 installed in $prefix/lib.
294 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
297 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
298 to "glthread/lock.h".
299 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
302 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
303 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
304 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
306 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
307 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
308 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
309 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
311 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
312 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
313 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
314 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
316 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
317 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
318 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
319 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
320 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
322 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
324 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
327 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
330 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
331 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
333 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
334 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
335 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
336 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
338 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
339 implementations; clients that use controlled
340 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
341 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
342 module instead for smaller code size.
344 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
345 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
346 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
347 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
348 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
350 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
351 implementations; clients that use controlled
352 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
353 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
354 module instead for smaller code size.
356 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
357 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
358 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
359 module if you need it.
361 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
364 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
367 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
368 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
369 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
370 module description for the applicable license.
372 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
373 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
374 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
376 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
377 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
378 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
381 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
382 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
383 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
385 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
387 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
388 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
390 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
391 error to standard error; that is now the
392 caller's responsibility. It returns an
393 error code of type enum strtol_error
394 instead of the integer option value, and stores
395 the option value via a new int * argument.
396 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
397 are now an option name and option argument
398 instead of an option argument and a type string,
399 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
401 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
403 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
404 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
406 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
409 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
410 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
412 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
415 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
416 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
420 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
421 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
426 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
427 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
428 that has a different signature.
430 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
431 #include "sigprocmask.h"
435 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
436 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
437 'long double' as a type exists.
439 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
440 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
441 des Renamed to crypto/des.
442 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
443 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
444 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
445 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
446 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
447 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
448 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
449 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
450 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
451 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
452 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
453 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
454 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
455 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
456 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
457 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
458 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
459 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
460 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
461 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
463 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
464 #include "vasprintf.h"
468 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
471 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
473 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
474 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
475 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
477 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
478 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
479 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
481 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
484 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
485 iconv_string -> str_iconv
486 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
489 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
490 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
491 carray-list You can pass NULL.
499 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
500 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
504 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
507 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
508 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
509 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
510 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
511 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
512 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
513 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
514 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
515 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
516 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
517 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
519 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
520 using the "des" module directly.
522 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
523 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
524 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
526 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
527 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
528 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
533 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
540 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
541 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil