4 User visible incompatible changes
5 ---------------------------------
9 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
10 must contain an explicit dependency on
13 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
14 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
15 effect except on very old platforms.
17 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
18 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
20 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
22 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
25 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
28 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
31 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
32 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
35 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
36 rather than only defined to 1.
38 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
39 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
40 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
41 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
42 include <unistd.h>. For all other
43 functions provided by this module,
44 continue to include "openat.h".
46 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
47 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
50 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
51 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
53 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
54 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
55 "long options" and "options with optional
56 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
58 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
61 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
62 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
63 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
64 The calling convention of the functions
65 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
67 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
68 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
69 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
70 The calling convention of the functions
71 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
73 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
74 The maint.mk file was copied from
75 coreutils, and the old
76 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
77 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
78 this will add several new checks. If some
79 new check is annoying, add the name of the
80 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
83 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
85 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
87 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
89 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
91 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
92 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
93 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
97 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
100 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
101 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
103 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
104 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
106 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
107 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
108 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
109 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
110 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
111 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
113 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
116 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
119 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
122 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
124 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
126 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
129 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
132 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
135 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
138 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
141 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
144 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
145 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
146 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
147 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
148 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
150 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
151 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
152 socket descriptors are now compatible with
153 file descriptors. In general, this change
154 will simply improve your code's portability
155 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
156 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
157 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
158 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
159 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
160 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
162 This change does not remove the need to call
163 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
164 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
165 when you include the sys_socket module; while
166 the functionality will be restored soon, for
167 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
168 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
170 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
172 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
173 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
174 equivalent function, use function
175 xconcatenated_filename from module
178 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
179 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
180 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
181 You may need to create a symbolic link for
182 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
183 installed in $prefix/lib.
185 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
188 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
189 to "glthread/lock.h".
190 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
193 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
194 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
195 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
197 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
198 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
199 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
200 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
202 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
203 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
204 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
205 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
207 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
208 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
209 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
210 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
211 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
213 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
215 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
218 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
221 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
222 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
224 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
225 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
226 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
227 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
229 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
230 implementations; clients that use controlled
231 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
232 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
233 module instead for smaller code size.
235 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
236 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
237 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
238 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
239 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
241 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
242 implementations; clients that use controlled
243 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
244 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
245 module instead for smaller code size.
247 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
248 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
249 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
250 module if you need it.
252 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
255 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
258 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
259 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
260 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
261 module description for the applicable license.
263 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
264 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
265 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
267 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
268 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
269 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
272 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
273 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
274 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
276 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
278 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
279 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
281 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
282 error to standard error; that is now the
283 caller's responsibility. It returns an
284 error code of type enum strtol_error
285 instead of the integer option value, and stores
286 the option value via a new int * argument.
287 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
288 are now an option name and option argument
289 instead of an option argument and a type string,
290 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
292 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
294 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
295 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
297 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
300 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
301 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
303 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
306 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
307 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
311 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
312 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
317 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
318 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
319 that has a different signature.
321 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
322 #include "sigprocmask.h"
326 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
327 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
328 'long double' as a type exists.
330 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
331 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
332 des Renamed to crypto/des.
333 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
334 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
335 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
336 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
337 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
338 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
339 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
340 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
341 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
342 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
343 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
344 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
345 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
346 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
347 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
348 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
349 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
350 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
351 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
352 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
354 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
355 #include "vasprintf.h"
359 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
362 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
364 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
365 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
366 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
368 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
369 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
370 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
372 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
375 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
376 iconv_string -> str_iconv
377 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
380 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
381 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
382 carray-list You can pass NULL.
390 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
391 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
395 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
398 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
399 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
400 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
401 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
402 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
403 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
404 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
405 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
406 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
407 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
408 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
410 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
411 using the "des" module directly.
413 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
414 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
415 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
417 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
418 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
419 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
424 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
431 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
432 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil