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 2011-02-14 getloadavg This module no longer #defines C_GETLOADAVG or
16 HAVE_GETLOADAVG, as the application no longer needs
17 to worry about how getloadavg is defined. It no
18 longer defines the obsolete symbol NLIST_NAME_UNION
19 (which should have been internal to the module
20 anyway). Also, support for setgid use has been
21 removed, as nobody seems to be using it; thus
22 GETLOADAVG_PRIVILEGED is no longer #defined and
23 KMEM_GROUP and NEED_SETGID are no longer
26 2011-02-08 wctype-h This module no longer provides the iswblank()
27 function. If you need this function, you now need
28 to request the 'iswblank' module.
30 2011-02-07 wctype This module is renamed to wctype-h.
32 2011-01-18 multiarch This no longer #defines AA_APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD;
33 instead, use the shell var APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD.
35 2010-12-10 pipe This module is renamed to spawn-pipe. The include
36 file is renamed to "spawn-pipe.h".
38 2010-10-05 getdate This module is deprecated. Please use the new
39 parse-datetime module for the replacement
40 function parse_datetime(), or help us write
41 getdate-posix for getdate(). Also, the header
42 "getdate.h" has been renamed "parse-datetime.h",
43 and doc/getdate.texi to doc/parse-datetime.texi.
45 2010-09-29 sys_wait This module no longer provides the waitpid()
46 function. If you need this function, you now need
47 to request the 'waitpid' module.
49 2010-09-17 utimens The function gl_futimens is removed, and its
50 signature has been migrated to fdutimens. Callers
51 of gl_futimens should change function name, and
52 callers of fdutimens should swap parameter order.
54 2010-09-17 fdutimensat This function has a new signature: the fd now comes
55 first instead of the dir/name pair, and a new
56 atflag parameter is added at the end. Old code
57 should rearrange parameters, and pass 0 for atflag.
59 2010-09-13 regex The module is not guaranteeing anymore support for
60 64-bit regoff_t on 64-bit systems. The size of
61 regoff_t will always be 32-bit unless the program
62 is being configured --with-included-regex. This
63 may change again in the future once glibc provides
66 2010-09-12 savedir The fdsavedir function is now deprecated.
68 2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and
69 it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY.
70 Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC".
72 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
73 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
75 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
76 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
78 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
79 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
81 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
82 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
85 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
86 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
88 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
89 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
92 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
93 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
94 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
95 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
97 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
98 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
99 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
100 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
103 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
104 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
105 get the functions that were previously provided.
107 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
108 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
110 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
111 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
112 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
115 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
116 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
117 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
120 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
121 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
122 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
125 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
126 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
127 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
129 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
130 must contain an explicit dependency on
133 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
134 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
135 effect except on very old platforms.
137 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
138 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
140 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
142 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
145 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
148 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
149 $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME).
151 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
152 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
155 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
156 rather than only defined to 1.
158 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
159 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
160 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
161 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
162 include <unistd.h>. For all other
163 functions provided by this module,
164 continue to include "openat.h".
166 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
167 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
170 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
171 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
173 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
174 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
175 "long options" and "options with optional
176 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
178 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
181 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
182 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
183 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
184 The calling convention of the functions
185 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
187 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
188 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
189 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
190 The calling convention of the functions
191 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
193 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
194 The maint.mk file was copied from
195 coreutils, and the old
196 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
197 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
198 this will add several new checks. If some
199 new check is annoying, add the name of the
200 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
203 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
205 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
207 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
209 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
211 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
212 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
213 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
216 val = c_strtod (...);
217 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
220 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
221 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
223 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
224 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
226 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
227 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
228 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
229 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
230 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
231 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
233 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
236 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
239 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
242 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
244 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
246 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
249 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
252 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
255 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
258 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
261 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
264 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
265 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
266 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
267 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
268 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
270 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
271 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
272 socket descriptors are now compatible with
273 file descriptors. In general, this change
274 will simply improve your code's portability
275 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
276 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
277 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
278 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
279 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
280 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
282 This change does not remove the need to call
283 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
284 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
285 when you include the sys_socket module; while
286 the functionality will be restored soon, for
287 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
288 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
290 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
292 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
293 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
294 equivalent function, use function
295 xconcatenated_filename from module
298 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
299 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
300 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
301 You may need to create a symbolic link for
302 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
303 installed in $prefix/lib.
305 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
308 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
309 to "glthread/lock.h".
310 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
313 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
314 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
315 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
317 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
318 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
319 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
320 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
322 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
323 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
324 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
325 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
327 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
328 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
329 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
330 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
331 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
333 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
335 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
338 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
341 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
342 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
344 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
345 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
346 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
347 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
349 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
350 implementations; clients that use controlled
351 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
352 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
353 module instead for smaller code size.
355 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
356 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
357 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
358 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
359 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
361 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
362 implementations; clients that use controlled
363 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
364 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
365 module instead for smaller code size.
367 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
368 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
369 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
370 module if you need it.
372 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
375 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
378 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
379 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
380 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
381 module description for the applicable license.
383 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
384 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
385 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
387 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
388 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
389 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
392 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
393 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
394 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
396 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
398 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
399 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
401 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
402 error to standard error; that is now the
403 caller's responsibility. It returns an
404 error code of type enum strtol_error
405 instead of the integer option value, and stores
406 the option value via a new int * argument.
407 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
408 are now an option name and option argument
409 instead of an option argument and a type string,
410 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
412 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
414 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
415 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
417 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
420 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
421 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
423 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
426 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
427 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
431 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
432 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
437 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
438 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
439 that has a different signature.
441 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
442 #include "sigprocmask.h"
446 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
447 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
448 'long double' as a type exists.
450 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
451 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
452 des Renamed to crypto/des.
453 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
454 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
455 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
456 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
457 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
458 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
459 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
460 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
461 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
462 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
463 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
464 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
465 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
466 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
467 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
468 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
469 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
470 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
471 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
472 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
474 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
475 #include "vasprintf.h"
479 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
482 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
484 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
485 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
486 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
488 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
489 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
490 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
492 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
495 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
496 iconv_string -> str_iconv
497 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
500 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
501 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
502 carray-list You can pass NULL.
510 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
511 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
515 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
518 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
519 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
520 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
521 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
522 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
523 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
524 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
525 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
526 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
527 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
528 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
530 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
531 using the "des" module directly.
533 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
534 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
535 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
537 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
538 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
539 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
544 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
551 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
552 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil