4 User visible incompatible changes
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9 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
10 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
12 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
13 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
15 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
16 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
18 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
19 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
22 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
23 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
25 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
26 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
29 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
30 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
31 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
32 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
34 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
35 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
36 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
37 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
40 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
41 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
42 get the functions that were previously provided.
44 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
45 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
47 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
48 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
49 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
52 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
53 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
54 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
57 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
58 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
59 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
62 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
63 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
64 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
66 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
67 must contain an explicit dependency on
70 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
71 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
72 effect except on very old platforms.
74 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
75 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
77 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
79 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
82 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
85 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
88 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
89 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
92 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
93 rather than only defined to 1.
95 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
96 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
97 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
98 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
99 include <unistd.h>. For all other
100 functions provided by this module,
101 continue to include "openat.h".
103 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
104 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
107 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
108 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
110 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
111 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
112 "long options" and "options with optional
113 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
115 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
118 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
119 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
120 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
121 The calling convention of the functions
122 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
124 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
125 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
126 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
127 The calling convention of the functions
128 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
130 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
131 The maint.mk file was copied from
132 coreutils, and the old
133 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
134 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
135 this will add several new checks. If some
136 new check is annoying, add the name of the
137 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
140 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
142 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
144 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
146 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
148 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
149 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
150 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
153 val = c_strtod (...);
154 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
157 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
158 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
160 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
161 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
163 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
164 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
165 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
166 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
167 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
168 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
170 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
173 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
176 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
179 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
181 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
183 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
186 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
189 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
192 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
195 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
198 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
201 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
202 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
203 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
204 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
205 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
207 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
208 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
209 socket descriptors are now compatible with
210 file descriptors. In general, this change
211 will simply improve your code's portability
212 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
213 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
214 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
215 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
216 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
217 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
219 This change does not remove the need to call
220 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
221 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
222 when you include the sys_socket module; while
223 the functionality will be restored soon, for
224 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
225 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
227 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
229 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
230 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
231 equivalent function, use function
232 xconcatenated_filename from module
235 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
236 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
237 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
238 You may need to create a symbolic link for
239 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
240 installed in $prefix/lib.
242 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
245 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
246 to "glthread/lock.h".
247 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
250 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
251 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
252 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
254 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
255 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
256 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
257 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
259 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
260 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
261 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
262 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
264 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
265 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
266 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
267 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
268 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
270 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
272 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
275 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
278 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
279 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
281 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
282 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
283 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
284 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
286 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
287 implementations; clients that use controlled
288 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
289 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
290 module instead for smaller code size.
292 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
293 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
294 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
295 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
296 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
298 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
299 implementations; clients that use controlled
300 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
301 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
302 module instead for smaller code size.
304 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
305 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
306 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
307 module if you need it.
309 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
312 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
315 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
316 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
317 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
318 module description for the applicable license.
320 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
321 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
322 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
324 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
325 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
326 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
329 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
330 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
331 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
333 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
335 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
336 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
338 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
339 error to standard error; that is now the
340 caller's responsibility. It returns an
341 error code of type enum strtol_error
342 instead of the integer option value, and stores
343 the option value via a new int * argument.
344 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
345 are now an option name and option argument
346 instead of an option argument and a type string,
347 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
349 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
351 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
352 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
354 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
357 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
358 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
360 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
363 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
364 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
368 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
369 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
374 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
375 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
376 that has a different signature.
378 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
379 #include "sigprocmask.h"
383 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
384 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
385 'long double' as a type exists.
387 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
388 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
389 des Renamed to crypto/des.
390 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
391 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
392 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
393 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
394 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
395 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
396 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
397 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
398 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
399 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
400 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
401 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
402 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
403 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
404 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
405 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
406 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
407 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
408 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
409 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
411 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
412 #include "vasprintf.h"
416 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
419 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
421 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
422 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
423 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
425 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
426 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
427 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
429 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
432 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
433 iconv_string -> str_iconv
434 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
437 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
438 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
439 carray-list You can pass NULL.
447 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
448 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
452 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
455 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
456 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
457 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
458 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
459 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
460 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
461 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
462 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
463 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
464 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
465 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
467 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
468 using the "des" module directly.
470 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
471 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
472 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
474 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
475 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
476 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
481 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
488 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
489 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil