4 User visible incompatible changes
5 ---------------------------------
9 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
10 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
11 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
12 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
15 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
16 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
17 get the functions that were previously provided.
19 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
20 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
22 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
23 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
24 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
27 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
28 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
29 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
32 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
33 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
34 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
37 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
38 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
39 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
41 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
42 must contain an explicit dependency on
45 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
46 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
47 effect except on very old platforms.
49 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
50 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
52 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
54 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
57 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
60 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
63 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
64 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
67 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
68 rather than only defined to 1.
70 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
71 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
72 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
73 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
74 include <unistd.h>. For all other
75 functions provided by this module,
76 continue to include "openat.h".
78 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
79 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
82 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
83 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
85 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
86 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
87 "long options" and "options with optional
88 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
90 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
93 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
94 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
95 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
96 The calling convention of the functions
97 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
99 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
100 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
101 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
102 The calling convention of the functions
103 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
105 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
106 The maint.mk file was copied from
107 coreutils, and the old
108 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
109 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
110 this will add several new checks. If some
111 new check is annoying, add the name of the
112 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
115 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
117 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
119 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
121 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
123 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
124 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
125 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
128 val = c_strtod (...);
129 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
132 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
133 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
135 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
136 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
138 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
139 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
140 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
141 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
142 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
143 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
145 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
148 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
151 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
154 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
156 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
158 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
161 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
164 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
167 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
170 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
173 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
176 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
177 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
178 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
179 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
180 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
182 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
183 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
184 socket descriptors are now compatible with
185 file descriptors. In general, this change
186 will simply improve your code's portability
187 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
188 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
189 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
190 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
191 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
192 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
194 This change does not remove the need to call
195 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
196 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
197 when you include the sys_socket module; while
198 the functionality will be restored soon, for
199 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
200 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
202 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
204 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
205 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
206 equivalent function, use function
207 xconcatenated_filename from module
210 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
211 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
212 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
213 You may need to create a symbolic link for
214 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
215 installed in $prefix/lib.
217 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
220 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
221 to "glthread/lock.h".
222 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
225 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
226 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
227 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
229 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
230 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
231 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
232 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
234 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
235 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
236 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
237 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
239 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
240 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
241 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
242 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
243 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
245 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
247 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
250 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
253 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
254 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
256 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
257 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
258 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
259 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
261 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
262 implementations; clients that use controlled
263 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
264 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
265 module instead for smaller code size.
267 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
268 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
269 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
270 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
271 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
273 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
274 implementations; clients that use controlled
275 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
276 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
277 module instead for smaller code size.
279 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
280 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
281 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
282 module if you need it.
284 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
287 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
290 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
291 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
292 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
293 module description for the applicable license.
295 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
296 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
297 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
299 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
300 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
301 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
304 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
305 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
306 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
308 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
310 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
311 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
313 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
314 error to standard error; that is now the
315 caller's responsibility. It returns an
316 error code of type enum strtol_error
317 instead of the integer option value, and stores
318 the option value via a new int * argument.
319 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
320 are now an option name and option argument
321 instead of an option argument and a type string,
322 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
324 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
326 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
327 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
329 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
332 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
333 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
335 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
338 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
339 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
343 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
344 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
349 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
350 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
351 that has a different signature.
353 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
354 #include "sigprocmask.h"
358 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
359 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
360 'long double' as a type exists.
362 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
363 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
364 des Renamed to crypto/des.
365 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
366 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
367 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
368 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
369 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
370 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
371 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
372 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
373 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
374 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
375 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
376 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
377 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
378 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
379 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
380 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
381 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
382 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
383 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
384 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
386 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
387 #include "vasprintf.h"
391 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
394 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
396 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
397 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
398 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
400 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
401 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
402 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
404 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
407 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
408 iconv_string -> str_iconv
409 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
412 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
413 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
414 carray-list You can pass NULL.
422 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
423 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
427 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
430 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
431 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
432 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
433 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
434 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
435 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
436 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
437 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
438 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
439 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
440 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
442 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
443 using the "des" module directly.
445 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
446 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
447 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
449 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
450 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
451 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
456 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
463 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
464 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil