4 User visible incompatible changes
5 ---------------------------------
9 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
10 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
13 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
14 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
15 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
16 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
18 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
19 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
20 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
21 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
24 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
25 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
26 get the functions that were previously provided.
28 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
29 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
31 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
32 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
33 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
36 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
37 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
38 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
41 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
42 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
43 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
46 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
47 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
48 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
50 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
51 must contain an explicit dependency on
54 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
55 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
56 effect except on very old platforms.
58 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
59 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
61 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
63 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
66 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
69 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
72 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
73 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
76 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
77 rather than only defined to 1.
79 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
80 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
81 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
82 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
83 include <unistd.h>. For all other
84 functions provided by this module,
85 continue to include "openat.h".
87 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
88 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
91 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
92 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
94 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
95 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
96 "long options" and "options with optional
97 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
99 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
102 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
103 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
104 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
105 The calling convention of the functions
106 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
108 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
109 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
110 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
111 The calling convention of the functions
112 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
114 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
115 The maint.mk file was copied from
116 coreutils, and the old
117 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
118 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
119 this will add several new checks. If some
120 new check is annoying, add the name of the
121 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
124 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
126 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
128 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
130 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
132 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
133 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
134 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
137 val = c_strtod (...);
138 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
141 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
142 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
144 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
145 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
147 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
148 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
149 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
150 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
151 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
152 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
154 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
157 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
160 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
163 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
165 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
167 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
170 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
173 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
176 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
179 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
182 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
185 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
186 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
187 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
188 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
189 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
191 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
192 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
193 socket descriptors are now compatible with
194 file descriptors. In general, this change
195 will simply improve your code's portability
196 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
197 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
198 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
199 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
200 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
201 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
203 This change does not remove the need to call
204 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
205 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
206 when you include the sys_socket module; while
207 the functionality will be restored soon, for
208 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
209 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
211 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
213 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
214 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
215 equivalent function, use function
216 xconcatenated_filename from module
219 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
220 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
221 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
222 You may need to create a symbolic link for
223 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
224 installed in $prefix/lib.
226 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
229 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
230 to "glthread/lock.h".
231 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
234 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
235 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
236 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
238 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
239 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
240 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
241 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
243 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
244 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
245 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
246 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
248 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
249 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
250 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
251 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
252 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
254 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
256 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
259 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
262 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
263 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
265 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
266 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
267 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
268 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
270 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
271 implementations; clients that use controlled
272 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
273 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
274 module instead for smaller code size.
276 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
277 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
278 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
279 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
280 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
282 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
283 implementations; clients that use controlled
284 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
285 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
286 module instead for smaller code size.
288 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
289 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
290 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
291 module if you need it.
293 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
296 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
299 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
300 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
301 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
302 module description for the applicable license.
304 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
305 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
306 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
308 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
309 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
310 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
313 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
314 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
315 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
317 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
319 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
320 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
322 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
323 error to standard error; that is now the
324 caller's responsibility. It returns an
325 error code of type enum strtol_error
326 instead of the integer option value, and stores
327 the option value via a new int * argument.
328 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
329 are now an option name and option argument
330 instead of an option argument and a type string,
331 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
333 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
335 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
336 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
338 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
341 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
342 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
344 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
347 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
348 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
352 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
353 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
358 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
359 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
360 that has a different signature.
362 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
363 #include "sigprocmask.h"
367 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
368 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
369 'long double' as a type exists.
371 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
372 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
373 des Renamed to crypto/des.
374 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
375 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
376 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
377 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
378 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
379 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
380 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
381 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
382 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
383 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
384 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
385 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
386 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
387 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
388 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
389 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
390 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
391 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
392 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
393 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
395 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
396 #include "vasprintf.h"
400 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
403 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
405 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
406 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
407 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
409 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
410 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
411 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
413 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
416 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
417 iconv_string -> str_iconv
418 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
421 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
422 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
423 carray-list You can pass NULL.
431 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
432 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
436 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
439 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
440 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
441 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
442 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
443 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
444 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
445 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
446 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
447 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
448 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
449 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
451 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
452 using the "des" module directly.
454 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
455 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
456 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
458 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
459 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
460 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
465 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
472 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
473 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil