4 User visible incompatible changes
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9 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
10 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
12 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
13 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
15 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
16 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
19 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
20 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
22 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
23 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
26 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
27 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
28 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
29 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
31 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
32 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
33 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
34 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
37 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
38 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
39 get the functions that were previously provided.
41 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
42 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
44 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
45 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
46 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
49 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
50 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
51 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
54 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
55 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
56 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
59 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
60 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
61 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
63 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
64 must contain an explicit dependency on
67 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
68 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
69 effect except on very old platforms.
71 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
72 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
74 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
76 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
79 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
82 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
85 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
86 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
89 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
90 rather than only defined to 1.
92 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
93 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
94 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
95 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
96 include <unistd.h>. For all other
97 functions provided by this module,
98 continue to include "openat.h".
100 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
101 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
104 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
105 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
107 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
108 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
109 "long options" and "options with optional
110 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
112 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
115 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
116 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
117 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
118 The calling convention of the functions
119 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
121 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
122 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
123 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
124 The calling convention of the functions
125 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
127 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
128 The maint.mk file was copied from
129 coreutils, and the old
130 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
131 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
132 this will add several new checks. If some
133 new check is annoying, add the name of the
134 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
137 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
139 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
141 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
143 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
145 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
146 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
147 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
150 val = c_strtod (...);
151 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
154 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
155 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
157 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
158 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
160 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
161 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
162 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
163 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
164 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
165 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
167 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
170 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
173 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
176 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
178 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
180 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
183 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
186 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
189 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
192 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
195 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
198 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
199 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
200 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
201 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
202 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
204 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
205 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
206 socket descriptors are now compatible with
207 file descriptors. In general, this change
208 will simply improve your code's portability
209 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
210 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
211 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
212 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
213 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
214 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
216 This change does not remove the need to call
217 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
218 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
219 when you include the sys_socket module; while
220 the functionality will be restored soon, for
221 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
222 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
224 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
226 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
227 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
228 equivalent function, use function
229 xconcatenated_filename from module
232 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
233 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
234 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
235 You may need to create a symbolic link for
236 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
237 installed in $prefix/lib.
239 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
242 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
243 to "glthread/lock.h".
244 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
247 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
248 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
249 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
251 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
252 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
253 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
254 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
256 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
257 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
258 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
259 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
261 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
262 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
263 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
264 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
265 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
267 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
269 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
272 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
275 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
276 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
278 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
279 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
280 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
281 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
283 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
284 implementations; clients that use controlled
285 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
286 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
287 module instead for smaller code size.
289 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
290 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
291 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
292 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
293 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
295 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
296 implementations; clients that use controlled
297 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
298 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
299 module instead for smaller code size.
301 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
302 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
303 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
304 module if you need it.
306 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
309 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
312 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
313 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
314 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
315 module description for the applicable license.
317 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
318 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
319 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
321 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
322 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
323 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
326 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
327 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
328 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
330 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
332 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
333 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
335 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
336 error to standard error; that is now the
337 caller's responsibility. It returns an
338 error code of type enum strtol_error
339 instead of the integer option value, and stores
340 the option value via a new int * argument.
341 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
342 are now an option name and option argument
343 instead of an option argument and a type string,
344 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
346 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
348 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
349 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
351 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
354 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
355 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
357 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
360 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
361 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
365 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
366 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
371 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
372 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
373 that has a different signature.
375 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
376 #include "sigprocmask.h"
380 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
381 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
382 'long double' as a type exists.
384 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
385 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
386 des Renamed to crypto/des.
387 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
388 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
389 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
390 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
391 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
392 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
393 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
394 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
395 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
396 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
397 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
398 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
399 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
400 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
401 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
402 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
403 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
404 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
405 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
406 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
408 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
409 #include "vasprintf.h"
413 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
416 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
418 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
419 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
420 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
422 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
423 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
424 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
426 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
429 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
430 iconv_string -> str_iconv
431 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
434 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
435 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
436 carray-list You can pass NULL.
444 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
445 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
449 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
452 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
453 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
454 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
455 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
456 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
457 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
458 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
459 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
460 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
461 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
462 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
464 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
465 using the "des" module directly.
467 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
468 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
469 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
471 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
472 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
473 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
478 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
485 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
486 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil