4 User visible incompatible changes
5 ---------------------------------
9 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
10 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
12 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
13 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
16 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
17 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
18 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
19 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
21 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
22 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
23 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
24 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
27 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
28 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
29 get the functions that were previously provided.
31 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
32 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
34 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
35 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
36 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
39 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
40 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
41 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
44 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
45 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
46 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
49 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
50 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
51 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
53 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
54 must contain an explicit dependency on
57 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
58 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
59 effect except on very old platforms.
61 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
62 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
64 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
66 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
69 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
72 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
75 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
76 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
79 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
80 rather than only defined to 1.
82 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
83 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
84 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
85 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
86 include <unistd.h>. For all other
87 functions provided by this module,
88 continue to include "openat.h".
90 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
91 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
94 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
95 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
97 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
98 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
99 "long options" and "options with optional
100 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
102 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
105 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
106 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
107 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
108 The calling convention of the functions
109 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
111 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
112 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
113 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
114 The calling convention of the functions
115 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
117 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
118 The maint.mk file was copied from
119 coreutils, and the old
120 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
121 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
122 this will add several new checks. If some
123 new check is annoying, add the name of the
124 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
127 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
129 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
131 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
133 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
135 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
136 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
137 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
140 val = c_strtod (...);
141 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
144 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
145 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
147 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
148 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
150 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
151 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
152 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
153 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
154 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
155 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
157 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
160 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
163 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
166 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
168 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
170 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
173 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
176 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
179 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
182 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
185 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
188 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
189 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
190 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
191 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
192 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
194 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
195 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
196 socket descriptors are now compatible with
197 file descriptors. In general, this change
198 will simply improve your code's portability
199 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
200 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
201 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
202 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
203 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
204 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
206 This change does not remove the need to call
207 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
208 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
209 when you include the sys_socket module; while
210 the functionality will be restored soon, for
211 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
212 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
214 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
216 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
217 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
218 equivalent function, use function
219 xconcatenated_filename from module
222 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
223 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
224 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
225 You may need to create a symbolic link for
226 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
227 installed in $prefix/lib.
229 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
232 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
233 to "glthread/lock.h".
234 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
237 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
238 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
239 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
241 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
242 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
243 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
244 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
246 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
247 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
248 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
249 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
251 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
252 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
253 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
254 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
255 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
257 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
259 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
262 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
265 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
266 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
268 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
269 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
270 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
271 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
273 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
274 implementations; clients that use controlled
275 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
276 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
277 module instead for smaller code size.
279 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
280 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
281 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
282 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
283 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
285 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
286 implementations; clients that use controlled
287 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
288 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
289 module instead for smaller code size.
291 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
292 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
293 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
294 module if you need it.
296 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
299 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
302 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
303 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
304 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
305 module description for the applicable license.
307 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
308 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
309 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
311 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
312 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
313 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
316 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
317 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
318 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
320 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
322 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
323 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
325 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
326 error to standard error; that is now the
327 caller's responsibility. It returns an
328 error code of type enum strtol_error
329 instead of the integer option value, and stores
330 the option value via a new int * argument.
331 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
332 are now an option name and option argument
333 instead of an option argument and a type string,
334 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
336 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
338 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
339 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
341 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
344 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
345 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
347 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
350 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
351 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
355 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
356 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
361 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
362 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
363 that has a different signature.
365 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
366 #include "sigprocmask.h"
370 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
371 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
372 'long double' as a type exists.
374 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
375 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
376 des Renamed to crypto/des.
377 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
378 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
379 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
380 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
381 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
382 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
383 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
384 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
385 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
386 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
387 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
388 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
389 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
390 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
391 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
392 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
393 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
394 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
395 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
396 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
398 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
399 #include "vasprintf.h"
403 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
406 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
408 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
409 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
410 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
412 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
413 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
414 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
416 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
419 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
420 iconv_string -> str_iconv
421 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
424 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
425 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
426 carray-list You can pass NULL.
434 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
435 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
439 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
442 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
443 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
444 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
445 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
446 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
447 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
448 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
449 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
450 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
451 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
452 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
454 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
455 using the "des" module directly.
457 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
458 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
459 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
461 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
462 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
463 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
468 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
475 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
476 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil