4 User visible incompatible changes
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9 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
10 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
11 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
13 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
14 must contain an explicit dependency on
17 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
18 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
19 effect except on very old platforms.
21 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
22 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
24 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
26 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
29 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
32 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
35 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
36 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
39 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
40 rather than only defined to 1.
42 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
43 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
44 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
45 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
46 include <unistd.h>. For all other
47 functions provided by this module,
48 continue to include "openat.h".
50 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
51 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
54 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
55 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
57 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
58 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
59 "long options" and "options with optional
60 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
62 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
65 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
66 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
67 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
68 The calling convention of the functions
69 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
71 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
72 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
73 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
74 The calling convention of the functions
75 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
77 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
78 The maint.mk file was copied from
79 coreutils, and the old
80 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
81 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
82 this will add several new checks. If some
83 new check is annoying, add the name of the
84 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
87 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
89 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
91 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
93 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
95 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
96 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
97 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
100 val = c_strtod (...);
101 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
104 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
105 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
107 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
108 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
110 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
111 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
112 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
113 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
114 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
115 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
117 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
120 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
123 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
126 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
128 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
130 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
133 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
136 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
139 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
142 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
145 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
148 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
149 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
150 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
151 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
152 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
154 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
155 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
156 socket descriptors are now compatible with
157 file descriptors. In general, this change
158 will simply improve your code's portability
159 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
160 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
161 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
162 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
163 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
164 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
166 This change does not remove the need to call
167 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
168 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
169 when you include the sys_socket module; while
170 the functionality will be restored soon, for
171 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
172 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
174 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
176 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
177 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
178 equivalent function, use function
179 xconcatenated_filename from module
182 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
183 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
184 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
185 You may need to create a symbolic link for
186 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
187 installed in $prefix/lib.
189 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
192 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
193 to "glthread/lock.h".
194 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
197 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
198 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
199 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
201 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
202 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
203 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
204 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
206 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
207 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
208 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
209 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
211 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
212 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
213 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
214 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
215 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
217 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
219 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
222 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
225 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
226 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
228 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
229 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
230 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
231 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
233 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
234 implementations; clients that use controlled
235 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
236 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
237 module instead for smaller code size.
239 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
240 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
241 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
242 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
243 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
245 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
246 implementations; clients that use controlled
247 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
248 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
249 module instead for smaller code size.
251 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
252 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
253 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
254 module if you need it.
256 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
259 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
262 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
263 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
264 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
265 module description for the applicable license.
267 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
268 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
269 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
271 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
272 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
273 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
276 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
277 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
278 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
280 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
282 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
283 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
285 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
286 error to standard error; that is now the
287 caller's responsibility. It returns an
288 error code of type enum strtol_error
289 instead of the integer option value, and stores
290 the option value via a new int * argument.
291 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
292 are now an option name and option argument
293 instead of an option argument and a type string,
294 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
296 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
298 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
299 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
301 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
304 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
305 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
307 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
310 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
311 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
315 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
316 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
321 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
322 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
323 that has a different signature.
325 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
326 #include "sigprocmask.h"
330 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
331 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
332 'long double' as a type exists.
334 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
335 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
336 des Renamed to crypto/des.
337 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
338 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
339 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
340 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
341 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
342 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
343 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
344 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
345 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
346 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
347 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
348 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
349 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
350 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
351 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
352 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
353 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
354 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
355 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
356 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
358 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
359 #include "vasprintf.h"
363 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
366 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
368 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
369 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
370 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
372 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
373 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
374 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
376 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
379 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
380 iconv_string -> str_iconv
381 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
384 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
385 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
386 carray-list You can pass NULL.
394 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
395 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
399 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
402 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
403 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
404 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
405 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
406 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
407 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
408 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
409 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
410 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
411 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
412 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
414 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
415 using the "des" module directly.
417 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
418 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
419 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
421 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
422 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
423 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
428 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
435 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
436 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil