4 User visible incompatible changes
5 ---------------------------------
9 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
10 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
11 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
14 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
15 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
16 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
19 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
20 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
21 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
24 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
25 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
26 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
28 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
29 must contain an explicit dependency on
32 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
33 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
34 effect except on very old platforms.
36 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
37 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
39 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
41 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
44 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
47 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
50 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
51 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
54 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
55 rather than only defined to 1.
57 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
58 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
59 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
60 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
61 include <unistd.h>. For all other
62 functions provided by this module,
63 continue to include "openat.h".
65 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
66 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
69 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
70 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
72 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
73 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
74 "long options" and "options with optional
75 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
77 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
80 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
81 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
82 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
83 The calling convention of the functions
84 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
86 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
87 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
88 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
89 The calling convention of the functions
90 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
92 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
93 The maint.mk file was copied from
94 coreutils, and the old
95 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
96 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
97 this will add several new checks. If some
98 new check is annoying, add the name of the
99 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
102 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
104 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
106 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
108 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
110 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
111 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
112 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
115 val = c_strtod (...);
116 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
119 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
120 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
122 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
123 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
125 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
126 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
127 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
128 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
129 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
130 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
132 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
135 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
138 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
141 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
143 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
145 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
148 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
151 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
154 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
157 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
160 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
163 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
164 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
165 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
166 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
167 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
169 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
170 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
171 socket descriptors are now compatible with
172 file descriptors. In general, this change
173 will simply improve your code's portability
174 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
175 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
176 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
177 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
178 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
179 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
181 This change does not remove the need to call
182 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
183 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
184 when you include the sys_socket module; while
185 the functionality will be restored soon, for
186 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
187 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
189 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
191 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
192 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
193 equivalent function, use function
194 xconcatenated_filename from module
197 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
198 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
199 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
200 You may need to create a symbolic link for
201 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
202 installed in $prefix/lib.
204 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
207 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
208 to "glthread/lock.h".
209 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
212 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
213 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
214 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
216 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
217 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
218 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
219 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
221 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
222 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
223 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
224 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
226 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
227 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
228 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
229 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
230 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
232 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
234 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
237 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
240 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
241 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
243 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
244 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
245 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
246 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
248 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
249 implementations; clients that use controlled
250 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
251 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
252 module instead for smaller code size.
254 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
255 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
256 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
257 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
258 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
260 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
261 implementations; clients that use controlled
262 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
263 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
264 module instead for smaller code size.
266 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
267 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
268 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
269 module if you need it.
271 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
274 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
277 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
278 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
279 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
280 module description for the applicable license.
282 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
283 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
284 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
286 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
287 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
288 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
291 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
292 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
293 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
295 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
297 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
298 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
300 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
301 error to standard error; that is now the
302 caller's responsibility. It returns an
303 error code of type enum strtol_error
304 instead of the integer option value, and stores
305 the option value via a new int * argument.
306 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
307 are now an option name and option argument
308 instead of an option argument and a type string,
309 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
311 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
313 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
314 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
316 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
319 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
320 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
322 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
325 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
326 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
330 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
331 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
336 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
337 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
338 that has a different signature.
340 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
341 #include "sigprocmask.h"
345 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
346 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
347 'long double' as a type exists.
349 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
350 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
351 des Renamed to crypto/des.
352 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
353 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
354 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
355 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
356 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
357 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
358 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
359 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
360 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
361 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
362 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
363 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
364 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
365 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
366 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
367 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
368 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
369 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
370 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
371 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
373 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
374 #include "vasprintf.h"
378 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
381 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
383 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
384 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
385 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
387 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
388 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
389 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
391 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
394 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
395 iconv_string -> str_iconv
396 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
399 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
400 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
401 carray-list You can pass NULL.
409 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
410 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
414 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
417 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
418 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
419 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
420 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
421 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
422 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
423 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
424 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
425 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
426 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
427 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
429 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
430 using the "des" module directly.
432 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
433 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
434 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
436 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
437 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
438 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
443 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
450 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
451 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil