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 2010-09-17 utimens The function gl_futimens is removed, and its
16 signature has been migrated to fdutimens. Callers
17 of gl_futimens should change function name, and
18 callers of fdutimens should swap parameter order.
20 2010-09-17 fdutimensat This function has a new signature: the fd now comes
21 first instead of the dir/name pair, and a new
22 atflag parameter is added at the end. Old code
23 should rearrange parameters, and pass 0 for atflag.
25 2010-09-13 regex The module is not guaranteeing anymore support for
26 64-bit regoff_t on 64-bit systems. The size of
27 regoff_t will always be 32-bit unless the program
28 is being configured --with-included-regex. This
29 may change again in the future once glibc provides
32 2010-09-12 savedir The fdsavedir function is now deprecated.
34 2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and
35 it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY.
36 Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC".
38 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
39 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
41 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
42 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
44 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
45 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
47 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
48 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
51 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
52 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
54 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
55 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
58 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
59 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
60 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
61 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
63 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
64 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
65 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
66 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
69 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
70 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
71 get the functions that were previously provided.
73 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
74 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
76 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
77 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
78 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
81 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
82 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
83 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
86 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
87 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
88 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
91 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
92 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
93 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
95 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
96 must contain an explicit dependency on
99 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
100 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
101 effect except on very old platforms.
103 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
104 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
106 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
108 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
111 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
114 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
115 $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME).
117 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
118 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
121 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
122 rather than only defined to 1.
124 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
125 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
126 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
127 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
128 include <unistd.h>. For all other
129 functions provided by this module,
130 continue to include "openat.h".
132 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
133 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
136 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
137 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
139 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
140 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
141 "long options" and "options with optional
142 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
144 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
147 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
148 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
149 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
150 The calling convention of the functions
151 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
153 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
154 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
155 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
156 The calling convention of the functions
157 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
159 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
160 The maint.mk file was copied from
161 coreutils, and the old
162 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
163 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
164 this will add several new checks. If some
165 new check is annoying, add the name of the
166 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
169 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
171 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
173 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
175 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
177 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
178 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
179 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
182 val = c_strtod (...);
183 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
186 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
187 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
189 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
190 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
192 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
193 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
194 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
195 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
196 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
197 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
199 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
202 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
205 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
208 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
210 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
212 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
215 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
218 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
221 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
224 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
227 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
230 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
231 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
232 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
233 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
234 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
236 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
237 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
238 socket descriptors are now compatible with
239 file descriptors. In general, this change
240 will simply improve your code's portability
241 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
242 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
243 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
244 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
245 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
246 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
248 This change does not remove the need to call
249 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
250 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
251 when you include the sys_socket module; while
252 the functionality will be restored soon, for
253 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
254 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
256 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
258 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
259 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
260 equivalent function, use function
261 xconcatenated_filename from module
264 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
265 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
266 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
267 You may need to create a symbolic link for
268 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
269 installed in $prefix/lib.
271 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
274 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
275 to "glthread/lock.h".
276 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
279 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
280 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
281 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
283 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
284 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
285 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
286 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
288 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
289 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
290 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
291 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
293 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
294 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
295 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
296 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
297 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
299 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
301 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
304 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
307 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
308 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
310 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
311 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
312 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
313 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
315 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
316 implementations; clients that use controlled
317 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
318 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
319 module instead for smaller code size.
321 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
322 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
323 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
324 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
325 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
327 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
328 implementations; clients that use controlled
329 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
330 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
331 module instead for smaller code size.
333 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
334 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
335 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
336 module if you need it.
338 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
341 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
344 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
345 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
346 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
347 module description for the applicable license.
349 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
350 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
351 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
353 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
354 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
355 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
358 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
359 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
360 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
362 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
364 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
365 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
367 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
368 error to standard error; that is now the
369 caller's responsibility. It returns an
370 error code of type enum strtol_error
371 instead of the integer option value, and stores
372 the option value via a new int * argument.
373 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
374 are now an option name and option argument
375 instead of an option argument and a type string,
376 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
378 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
380 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
381 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
383 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
386 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
387 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
389 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
392 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
393 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
397 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
398 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
403 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
404 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
405 that has a different signature.
407 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
408 #include "sigprocmask.h"
412 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
413 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
414 'long double' as a type exists.
416 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
417 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
418 des Renamed to crypto/des.
419 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
420 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
421 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
422 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
423 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
424 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
425 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
426 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
427 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
428 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
429 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
430 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
431 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
432 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
433 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
434 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
435 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
436 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
437 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
438 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
440 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
441 #include "vasprintf.h"
445 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
448 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
450 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
451 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
452 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
454 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
455 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
456 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
458 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
461 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
462 iconv_string -> str_iconv
463 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
466 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
467 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
468 carray-list You can pass NULL.
476 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
477 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
481 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
484 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
485 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
486 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
487 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
488 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
489 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
490 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
491 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
492 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
493 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
494 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
496 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
497 using the "des" module directly.
499 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
500 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
501 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
503 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
504 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
505 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
510 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
517 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
518 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil