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 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
16 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
18 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
19 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
21 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
22 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
24 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
25 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
28 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
29 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
31 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
32 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
35 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
36 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
37 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
38 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
40 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
41 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
42 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
43 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
46 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
47 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
48 get the functions that were previously provided.
50 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
51 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
53 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
54 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
55 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
58 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
59 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
60 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
63 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
64 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
65 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
68 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
69 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
70 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
72 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
73 must contain an explicit dependency on
76 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
77 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
78 effect except on very old platforms.
80 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
81 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
83 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
85 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
88 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
91 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
94 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
95 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
98 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
99 rather than only defined to 1.
101 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
102 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
103 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
104 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
105 include <unistd.h>. For all other
106 functions provided by this module,
107 continue to include "openat.h".
109 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
110 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
113 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
114 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
116 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
117 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
118 "long options" and "options with optional
119 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
121 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
124 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
125 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
126 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
127 The calling convention of the functions
128 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
130 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
131 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
132 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
133 The calling convention of the functions
134 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
136 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
137 The maint.mk file was copied from
138 coreutils, and the old
139 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
140 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
141 this will add several new checks. If some
142 new check is annoying, add the name of the
143 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
146 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
148 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
150 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
152 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
154 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
155 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
156 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
159 val = c_strtod (...);
160 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
163 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
164 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
166 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
167 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
169 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
170 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
171 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
172 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
173 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
174 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
176 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
179 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
182 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
185 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
187 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
189 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
192 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
195 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
198 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
201 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
204 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
207 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
208 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
209 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
210 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
211 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
213 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
214 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
215 socket descriptors are now compatible with
216 file descriptors. In general, this change
217 will simply improve your code's portability
218 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
219 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
220 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
221 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
222 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
223 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
225 This change does not remove the need to call
226 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
227 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
228 when you include the sys_socket module; while
229 the functionality will be restored soon, for
230 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
231 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
233 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
235 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
236 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
237 equivalent function, use function
238 xconcatenated_filename from module
241 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
242 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
243 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
244 You may need to create a symbolic link for
245 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
246 installed in $prefix/lib.
248 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
251 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
252 to "glthread/lock.h".
253 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
256 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
257 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
258 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
260 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
261 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
262 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
263 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
265 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
266 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
267 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
268 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
270 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
271 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
272 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
273 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
274 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
276 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
278 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
281 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
284 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
285 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
287 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
288 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
289 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
290 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
292 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
293 implementations; clients that use controlled
294 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
295 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
296 module instead for smaller code size.
298 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
299 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
300 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
301 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
302 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
304 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
305 implementations; clients that use controlled
306 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
307 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
308 module instead for smaller code size.
310 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
311 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
312 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
313 module if you need it.
315 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
318 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
321 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
322 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
323 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
324 module description for the applicable license.
326 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
327 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
328 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
330 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
331 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
332 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
335 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
336 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
337 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
339 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
341 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
342 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
344 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
345 error to standard error; that is now the
346 caller's responsibility. It returns an
347 error code of type enum strtol_error
348 instead of the integer option value, and stores
349 the option value via a new int * argument.
350 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
351 are now an option name and option argument
352 instead of an option argument and a type string,
353 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
355 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
357 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
358 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
360 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
363 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
364 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
366 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
369 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
370 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
374 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
375 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
380 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
381 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
382 that has a different signature.
384 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
385 #include "sigprocmask.h"
389 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
390 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
391 'long double' as a type exists.
393 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
394 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
395 des Renamed to crypto/des.
396 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
397 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
398 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
399 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
400 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
401 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
402 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
403 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
404 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
405 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
406 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
407 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
408 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
409 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
410 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
411 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
412 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
413 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
414 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
415 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
417 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
418 #include "vasprintf.h"
422 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
425 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
427 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
428 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
429 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
431 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
432 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
433 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
435 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
438 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
439 iconv_string -> str_iconv
440 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
443 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
444 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
445 carray-list You can pass NULL.
453 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
454 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
458 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
461 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
462 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
463 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
464 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
465 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
466 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
467 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
468 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
469 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
470 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
471 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
473 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
474 using the "des" module directly.
476 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
477 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
478 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
480 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
481 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
482 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
487 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
494 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
495 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil