4 User visible incompatible changes
5 ---------------------------------
9 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
10 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
11 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
12 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
14 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
15 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
16 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
17 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
20 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
21 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
22 get the functions that were previously provided.
24 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
25 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
27 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
28 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
29 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
32 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
33 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
34 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
37 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
38 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
39 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
42 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
43 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
44 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
46 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
47 must contain an explicit dependency on
50 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
51 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
52 effect except on very old platforms.
54 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
55 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
57 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
59 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
62 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
65 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
68 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
69 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
72 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
73 rather than only defined to 1.
75 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
76 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
77 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
78 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
79 include <unistd.h>. For all other
80 functions provided by this module,
81 continue to include "openat.h".
83 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
84 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
87 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
88 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
90 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
91 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
92 "long options" and "options with optional
93 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
95 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
98 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
99 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
100 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
101 The calling convention of the functions
102 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
104 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
105 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
106 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
107 The calling convention of the functions
108 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
110 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
111 The maint.mk file was copied from
112 coreutils, and the old
113 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
114 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
115 this will add several new checks. If some
116 new check is annoying, add the name of the
117 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
120 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
122 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
124 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
126 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
128 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
129 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
130 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
133 val = c_strtod (...);
134 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
137 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
138 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
140 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
141 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
143 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
144 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
145 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
146 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
147 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
148 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
150 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
153 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
156 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
159 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
161 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
163 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
166 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
169 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
172 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
175 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
178 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
181 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
182 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
183 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
184 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
185 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
187 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
188 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
189 socket descriptors are now compatible with
190 file descriptors. In general, this change
191 will simply improve your code's portability
192 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
193 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
194 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
195 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
196 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
197 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
199 This change does not remove the need to call
200 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
201 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
202 when you include the sys_socket module; while
203 the functionality will be restored soon, for
204 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
205 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
207 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
209 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
210 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
211 equivalent function, use function
212 xconcatenated_filename from module
215 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
216 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
217 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
218 You may need to create a symbolic link for
219 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
220 installed in $prefix/lib.
222 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
225 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
226 to "glthread/lock.h".
227 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
230 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
231 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
232 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
234 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
235 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
236 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
237 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
239 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
240 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
241 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
242 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
244 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
245 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
246 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
247 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
248 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
250 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
252 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
255 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
258 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
259 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
261 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
262 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
263 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
264 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
266 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
267 implementations; clients that use controlled
268 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
269 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
270 module instead for smaller code size.
272 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
273 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
274 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
275 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
276 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
278 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
279 implementations; clients that use controlled
280 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
281 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
282 module instead for smaller code size.
284 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
285 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
286 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
287 module if you need it.
289 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
292 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
295 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
296 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
297 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
298 module description for the applicable license.
300 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
301 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
302 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
304 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
305 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
306 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
309 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
310 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
311 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
313 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
315 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
316 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
318 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
319 error to standard error; that is now the
320 caller's responsibility. It returns an
321 error code of type enum strtol_error
322 instead of the integer option value, and stores
323 the option value via a new int * argument.
324 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
325 are now an option name and option argument
326 instead of an option argument and a type string,
327 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
329 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
331 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
332 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
334 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
337 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
338 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
340 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
343 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
344 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
348 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
349 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
354 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
355 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
356 that has a different signature.
358 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
359 #include "sigprocmask.h"
363 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
364 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
365 'long double' as a type exists.
367 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
368 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
369 des Renamed to crypto/des.
370 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
371 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
372 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
373 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
374 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
375 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
376 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
377 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
378 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
379 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
380 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
381 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
382 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
383 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
384 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
385 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
386 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
387 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
388 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
389 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
391 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
392 #include "vasprintf.h"
396 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
399 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
401 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
402 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
403 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
405 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
406 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
407 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
409 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
412 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
413 iconv_string -> str_iconv
414 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
417 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
418 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
419 carray-list You can pass NULL.
427 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
428 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
432 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
435 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
436 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
437 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
438 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
439 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
440 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
441 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
442 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
443 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
444 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
445 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
447 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
448 using the "des" module directly.
450 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
451 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
452 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
454 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
455 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
456 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
461 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
468 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
469 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil