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 2010-10-05 getdate This module is deprecated. Please use the new
16 parse-datetime module for the replacement
17 function parse_datetime(), or help us write
18 getdate-posix for getdate(). Also, the header
19 "getdate.h" has been renamed "parse-datetime.h",
20 and doc/getdate.texi to doc/parse-datetime.texi.
22 2010-09-29 sys_wait This module no longer provides the waitpid()
23 function. If you need this function, you now need
24 to request the 'waitpid' module.
26 2010-09-17 utimens The function gl_futimens is removed, and its
27 signature has been migrated to fdutimens. Callers
28 of gl_futimens should change function name, and
29 callers of fdutimens should swap parameter order.
31 2010-09-17 fdutimensat This function has a new signature: the fd now comes
32 first instead of the dir/name pair, and a new
33 atflag parameter is added at the end. Old code
34 should rearrange parameters, and pass 0 for atflag.
36 2010-09-13 regex The module is not guaranteeing anymore support for
37 64-bit regoff_t on 64-bit systems. The size of
38 regoff_t will always be 32-bit unless the program
39 is being configured --with-included-regex. This
40 may change again in the future once glibc provides
43 2010-09-12 savedir The fdsavedir function is now deprecated.
45 2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and
46 it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY.
47 Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC".
49 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
50 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
52 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
53 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
55 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
56 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
58 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
59 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
62 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
63 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
65 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
66 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
69 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
70 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
71 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
72 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
74 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
75 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
76 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
77 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
80 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
81 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
82 get the functions that were previously provided.
84 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
85 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
87 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
88 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
89 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
92 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
93 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
94 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
97 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
98 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
99 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
102 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
103 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
104 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
106 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
107 must contain an explicit dependency on
110 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
111 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
112 effect except on very old platforms.
114 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
115 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
117 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
119 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
122 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
125 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
126 $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME).
128 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
129 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
132 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
133 rather than only defined to 1.
135 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
136 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
137 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
138 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
139 include <unistd.h>. For all other
140 functions provided by this module,
141 continue to include "openat.h".
143 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
144 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
147 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
148 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
150 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
151 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
152 "long options" and "options with optional
153 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
155 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
158 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
159 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
160 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
161 The calling convention of the functions
162 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
164 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
165 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
166 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
167 The calling convention of the functions
168 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
170 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
171 The maint.mk file was copied from
172 coreutils, and the old
173 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
174 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
175 this will add several new checks. If some
176 new check is annoying, add the name of the
177 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
180 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
182 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
184 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
186 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
188 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
189 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
190 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
193 val = c_strtod (...);
194 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
197 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
198 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
200 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
201 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
203 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
204 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
205 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
206 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
207 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
208 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
210 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
213 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
216 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
219 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
221 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
223 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
226 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
229 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
232 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
235 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
238 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
241 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
242 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
243 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
244 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
245 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
247 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
248 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
249 socket descriptors are now compatible with
250 file descriptors. In general, this change
251 will simply improve your code's portability
252 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
253 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
254 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
255 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
256 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
257 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
259 This change does not remove the need to call
260 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
261 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
262 when you include the sys_socket module; while
263 the functionality will be restored soon, for
264 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
265 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
267 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
269 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
270 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
271 equivalent function, use function
272 xconcatenated_filename from module
275 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
276 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
277 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
278 You may need to create a symbolic link for
279 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
280 installed in $prefix/lib.
282 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
285 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
286 to "glthread/lock.h".
287 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
290 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
291 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
292 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
294 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
295 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
296 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
297 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
299 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
300 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
301 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
302 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
304 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
305 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
306 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
307 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
308 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
310 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
312 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
315 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
318 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
319 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
321 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
322 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
323 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
324 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
326 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
327 implementations; clients that use controlled
328 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
329 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
330 module instead for smaller code size.
332 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
333 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
334 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
335 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
336 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
338 2008-01-08 memmem 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 memmem-simple
342 module instead for smaller code size.
344 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
345 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
346 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
347 module if you need it.
349 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
352 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
355 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
356 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
357 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
358 module description for the applicable license.
360 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
361 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
362 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
364 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
365 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
366 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
369 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
370 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
371 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
373 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
375 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
376 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
378 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
379 error to standard error; that is now the
380 caller's responsibility. It returns an
381 error code of type enum strtol_error
382 instead of the integer option value, and stores
383 the option value via a new int * argument.
384 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
385 are now an option name and option argument
386 instead of an option argument and a type string,
387 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
389 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
391 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
392 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
394 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
397 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
398 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
400 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
403 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
404 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
408 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
409 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
414 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
415 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
416 that has a different signature.
418 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
419 #include "sigprocmask.h"
423 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
424 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
425 'long double' as a type exists.
427 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
428 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
429 des Renamed to crypto/des.
430 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
431 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
432 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
433 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
434 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
435 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
436 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
437 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
438 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
439 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
440 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
441 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
442 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
443 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
444 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
445 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
446 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
447 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
448 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
449 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
451 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
452 #include "vasprintf.h"
456 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
459 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
461 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
462 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
463 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
465 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
466 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
467 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
469 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
472 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
473 iconv_string -> str_iconv
474 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
477 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
478 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
479 carray-list You can pass NULL.
487 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
488 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
492 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
495 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
496 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
497 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
498 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
499 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
500 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
501 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
502 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
503 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
504 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
505 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
507 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
508 using the "des" module directly.
510 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
511 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
512 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
514 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
515 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
516 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
521 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
528 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
529 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil