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 stdlib Unless the random_r module is also used, this
27 module no longer guarantees that the following are
28 defined: struct random_data, RAND_MAX, random_r,
29 srandom_r, initstate_r, setstate_r.
31 2011-02-08 wctype-h This module no longer provides the iswblank()
32 function. If you need this function, you now need
33 to request the 'iswblank' module.
35 2011-02-07 wctype This module is renamed to wctype-h.
37 2011-01-18 multiarch This no longer #defines AA_APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD;
38 instead, use the shell var APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD.
40 2010-12-10 pipe This module is renamed to spawn-pipe. The include
41 file is renamed to "spawn-pipe.h".
43 2010-10-05 getdate This module is deprecated. Please use the new
44 parse-datetime module for the replacement
45 function parse_datetime(), or help us write
46 getdate-posix for getdate(). Also, the header
47 "getdate.h" has been renamed "parse-datetime.h",
48 and doc/getdate.texi to doc/parse-datetime.texi.
50 2010-09-29 sys_wait This module no longer provides the waitpid()
51 function. If you need this function, you now need
52 to request the 'waitpid' module.
54 2010-09-17 utimens The function gl_futimens is removed, and its
55 signature has been migrated to fdutimens. Callers
56 of gl_futimens should change function name, and
57 callers of fdutimens should swap parameter order.
59 2010-09-17 fdutimensat This function has a new signature: the fd now comes
60 first instead of the dir/name pair, and a new
61 atflag parameter is added at the end. Old code
62 should rearrange parameters, and pass 0 for atflag.
64 2010-09-13 regex The module is not guaranteeing anymore support for
65 64-bit regoff_t on 64-bit systems. The size of
66 regoff_t will always be 32-bit unless the program
67 is being configured --with-included-regex. This
68 may change again in the future once glibc provides
71 2010-09-12 savedir The fdsavedir function is now deprecated.
73 2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and
74 it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY.
75 Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC".
77 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
78 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
80 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
81 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
83 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
84 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
86 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
87 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
90 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
91 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
93 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
94 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
97 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
98 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
99 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
100 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
102 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
103 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
104 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
105 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
108 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
109 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
110 get the functions that were previously provided.
112 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
113 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
115 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
116 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
117 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
120 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
121 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
122 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
125 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
126 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
127 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
130 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
131 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
132 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
134 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
135 must contain an explicit dependency on
138 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
139 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
140 effect except on very old platforms.
142 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
143 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
145 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
147 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
150 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
153 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
154 $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME).
156 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
157 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
160 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
161 rather than only defined to 1.
163 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
164 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
165 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
166 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
167 include <unistd.h>. For all other
168 functions provided by this module,
169 continue to include "openat.h".
171 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
172 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
175 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
176 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
178 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
179 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
180 "long options" and "options with optional
181 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
183 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
186 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
187 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
188 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
189 The calling convention of the functions
190 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
192 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
193 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
194 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
195 The calling convention of the functions
196 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
198 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
199 The maint.mk file was copied from
200 coreutils, and the old
201 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
202 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
203 this will add several new checks. If some
204 new check is annoying, add the name of the
205 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
208 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
210 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
212 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
214 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
216 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
217 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
218 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
221 val = c_strtod (...);
222 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
225 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
226 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
228 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
229 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
231 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
232 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
233 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
234 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
235 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
236 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
238 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
241 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
244 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
247 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
249 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
251 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
254 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
257 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
260 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
263 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
266 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
269 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
270 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
271 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
272 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
273 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
275 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
276 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
277 socket descriptors are now compatible with
278 file descriptors. In general, this change
279 will simply improve your code's portability
280 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
281 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
282 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
283 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
284 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
285 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
287 This change does not remove the need to call
288 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
289 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
290 when you include the sys_socket module; while
291 the functionality will be restored soon, for
292 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
293 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
295 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
297 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
298 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
299 equivalent function, use function
300 xconcatenated_filename from module
303 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
304 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
305 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
306 You may need to create a symbolic link for
307 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
308 installed in $prefix/lib.
310 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
313 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
314 to "glthread/lock.h".
315 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
318 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
319 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
320 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
322 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
323 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
324 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
325 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
327 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
328 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
329 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
330 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
332 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
333 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
334 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
335 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
336 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
338 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
340 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
343 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
346 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
347 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
349 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
350 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
351 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
352 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
354 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
355 implementations; clients that use controlled
356 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
357 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
358 module instead for smaller code size.
360 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
361 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
362 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
363 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
364 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
366 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
367 implementations; clients that use controlled
368 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
369 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
370 module instead for smaller code size.
372 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
373 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
374 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
375 module if you need it.
377 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
380 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
383 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
384 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
385 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
386 module description for the applicable license.
388 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
389 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
390 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
392 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
393 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
394 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
397 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
398 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
399 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
401 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
403 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
404 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
406 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
407 error to standard error; that is now the
408 caller's responsibility. It returns an
409 error code of type enum strtol_error
410 instead of the integer option value, and stores
411 the option value via a new int * argument.
412 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
413 are now an option name and option argument
414 instead of an option argument and a type string,
415 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
417 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
419 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
420 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
422 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
425 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
426 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
428 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
431 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
432 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
436 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
437 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
442 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
443 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
444 that has a different signature.
446 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
447 #include "sigprocmask.h"
451 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
452 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
453 'long double' as a type exists.
455 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
456 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
457 des Renamed to crypto/des.
458 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
459 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
460 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
461 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
462 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
463 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
464 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
465 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
466 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
467 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
468 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
469 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
470 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
471 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
472 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
473 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
474 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
475 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
476 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
477 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
479 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
480 #include "vasprintf.h"
484 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
487 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
489 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
490 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
491 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
493 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
494 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
495 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
497 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
500 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
501 iconv_string -> str_iconv
502 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
505 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
506 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
507 carray-list You can pass NULL.
515 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
516 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
520 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
523 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
524 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
525 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
526 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
527 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
528 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
529 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
530 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
531 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
532 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
533 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
535 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
536 using the "des" module directly.
538 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
539 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
540 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
542 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
543 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
544 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
549 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
556 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
557 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil