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 2010-12-10 pipe This module is renamed to spawn-pipe. The include
16 file is renamed to "spawn-pipe.h".
18 2010-10-05 getdate This module is deprecated. Please use the new
19 parse-datetime module for the replacement
20 function parse_datetime(), or help us write
21 getdate-posix for getdate(). Also, the header
22 "getdate.h" has been renamed "parse-datetime.h",
23 and doc/getdate.texi to doc/parse-datetime.texi.
25 2010-09-29 sys_wait This module no longer provides the waitpid()
26 function. If you need this function, you now need
27 to request the 'waitpid' module.
29 2010-09-17 utimens The function gl_futimens is removed, and its
30 signature has been migrated to fdutimens. Callers
31 of gl_futimens should change function name, and
32 callers of fdutimens should swap parameter order.
34 2010-09-17 fdutimensat This function has a new signature: the fd now comes
35 first instead of the dir/name pair, and a new
36 atflag parameter is added at the end. Old code
37 should rearrange parameters, and pass 0 for atflag.
39 2010-09-13 regex The module is not guaranteeing anymore support for
40 64-bit regoff_t on 64-bit systems. The size of
41 regoff_t will always be 32-bit unless the program
42 is being configured --with-included-regex. This
43 may change again in the future once glibc provides
46 2010-09-12 savedir The fdsavedir function is now deprecated.
48 2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and
49 it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY.
50 Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC".
52 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
53 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
55 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
56 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
58 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
59 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
61 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
62 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
65 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
66 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
68 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
69 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
72 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
73 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
74 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
75 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
77 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
78 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
79 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
80 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
83 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
84 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
85 get the functions that were previously provided.
87 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
88 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
90 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
91 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
92 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
95 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
96 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
97 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
100 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
101 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
102 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
105 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
106 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
107 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
109 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
110 must contain an explicit dependency on
113 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
114 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
115 effect except on very old platforms.
117 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
118 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
120 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
122 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
125 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
128 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
129 $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME).
131 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
132 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
135 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
136 rather than only defined to 1.
138 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
139 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
140 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
141 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
142 include <unistd.h>. For all other
143 functions provided by this module,
144 continue to include "openat.h".
146 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
147 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
150 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
151 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
153 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
154 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
155 "long options" and "options with optional
156 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
158 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
161 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
162 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
163 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
164 The calling convention of the functions
165 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
167 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
168 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
169 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
170 The calling convention of the functions
171 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
173 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
174 The maint.mk file was copied from
175 coreutils, and the old
176 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
177 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
178 this will add several new checks. If some
179 new check is annoying, add the name of the
180 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
183 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
185 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
187 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
189 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
191 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
192 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
193 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
196 val = c_strtod (...);
197 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
200 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
201 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
203 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
204 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
206 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
207 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
208 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
209 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
210 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
211 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
213 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
216 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
219 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
222 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
224 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
226 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
229 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
232 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
235 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
238 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
241 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
244 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
245 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
246 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
247 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
248 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
250 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
251 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
252 socket descriptors are now compatible with
253 file descriptors. In general, this change
254 will simply improve your code's portability
255 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
256 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
257 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
258 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
259 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
260 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
262 This change does not remove the need to call
263 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
264 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
265 when you include the sys_socket module; while
266 the functionality will be restored soon, for
267 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
268 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
270 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
272 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
273 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
274 equivalent function, use function
275 xconcatenated_filename from module
278 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
279 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
280 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
281 You may need to create a symbolic link for
282 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
283 installed in $prefix/lib.
285 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
288 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
289 to "glthread/lock.h".
290 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
293 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
294 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
295 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
297 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
298 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
299 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
300 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
302 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
303 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
304 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
305 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
307 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
308 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
309 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
310 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
311 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
313 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
315 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
318 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
321 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
322 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
324 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
325 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
326 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
327 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
329 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
330 implementations; clients that use controlled
331 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
332 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
333 module instead for smaller code size.
335 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
336 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
337 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
338 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
339 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
341 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
342 implementations; clients that use controlled
343 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
344 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
345 module instead for smaller code size.
347 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
348 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
349 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
350 module if you need it.
352 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
355 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
358 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
359 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
360 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
361 module description for the applicable license.
363 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
364 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
365 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
367 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
368 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
369 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
372 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
373 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
374 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
376 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
378 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
379 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
381 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
382 error to standard error; that is now the
383 caller's responsibility. It returns an
384 error code of type enum strtol_error
385 instead of the integer option value, and stores
386 the option value via a new int * argument.
387 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
388 are now an option name and option argument
389 instead of an option argument and a type string,
390 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
392 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
394 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
395 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
397 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
400 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
401 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
403 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
406 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
407 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
411 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
412 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
417 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
418 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
419 that has a different signature.
421 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
422 #include "sigprocmask.h"
426 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
427 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
428 'long double' as a type exists.
430 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
431 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
432 des Renamed to crypto/des.
433 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
434 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
435 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
436 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
437 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
438 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
439 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
440 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
441 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
442 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
443 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
444 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
445 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
446 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
447 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
448 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
449 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
450 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
451 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
452 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
454 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
455 #include "vasprintf.h"
459 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
462 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
464 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
465 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
466 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
468 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
469 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
470 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
472 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
475 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
476 iconv_string -> str_iconv
477 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
480 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
481 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
482 carray-list You can pass NULL.
490 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
491 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
495 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
498 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
499 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
500 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
501 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
502 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
503 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
504 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
505 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
506 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
507 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
508 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
510 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
511 using the "des" module directly.
513 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
514 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
515 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
517 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
518 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
519 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
524 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
531 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
532 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil