NEWS

   1 Important notes
   2 ---------------
   3
   4 User visible incompatible changes
   5 ---------------------------------
   6
   7 Date        Modules         Changes
   8
   9 2008-09-13  EOVERFLOW       The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
  10
  11 2008-09-01  filename        The module does not define the function
  12                             concatenated_filename any more. To get an
  13                             equivalent function, use function
  14                             xconcatenated_filename from module
  15                             'xconcat-filename'.
  16
  17 2008-08-31  havelib         On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
  18                             libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
  19                             Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
  20                             You may need to create a symbolic link for
  21                             $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
  22                             installed in $prefix/lib.
  23
  24 2008-08-19  strverscmp      The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
  25                             to <string.h>.
  26
  27 2008-08-14  lock            The include file is changed from "lock.h"
  28                             to "glthread/lock.h".
  29             tls             The include file is changed from "tls.h"
  30                             to "glthread/tls.h".
  31
  32 2008-07-17  c-stack         The module now requires the addition of
  33                             $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
  34                             since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
  35
  36 2008-07-07  isnanf-nolibm   The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
  37                             to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
  38             isnand-nolibm   The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
  39                             to "isnand-nolibm.h".
  40
  41 2008-06-10  execute         The execute function takes an additional termsigp
  42                             argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
  43             wait-process    The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
  44                             termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
  45
  46 2008-05-10  linebreak       The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
  47                             The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
  48                             "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
  49                             mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
  50                             mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
  51
  52 2008-04-28  rpmatch         The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
  53
  54 2008-04-28  inet_ntop       The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
  55                             to <arpa/inet.h>.
  56
  57 2008-04-28  inet_pton       The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
  58                             to <arpa/inet.h>.
  59
  60 2008-03-06  freadahead      The return value's computation has changed. It
  61                             now increases by 1 after ungetc.
  62
  63 2008-01-26  isnan-nolibm    The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
  64                             isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
  65                             "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
  66                             defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
  67
  68 2008-01-14  strcasestr      This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
  69                             implementations; clients that use controlled
  70                             needles and thus do not care about worst-case
  71                             efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
  72                             module instead for smaller code size.
  73
  74 2008-01-09  alloca-opt      Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
  75                             supplies an <alloca.h>.  Gnulib-using code is now
  76                             expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
  77                             Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
  78                             <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
  79
  80 2008-01-08  memmem          This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
  81                             implementations; clients that use controlled
  82                             needles and thus do not care about worst-case
  83                             efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
  84                             module instead for smaller code size.
  85
  86 2007-12-24  setenv          The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
  87                             <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
  88                             longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
  89                             module if you need it.
  90
  91 2007-12-03  getpagesize     The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
  92                             to <unistd.h>.
  93
  94 2007-12-03  strcase         The include file is changed from <string.h> to
  95                             <strings.h>.
  96
  97 2007-10-07  most modules    The license for most modules has changed from
  98                             GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
  99                             A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
 100                             module description for the applicable license.
 101
 102 2007-09-01  linebreak       "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
 103                             locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
 104                             "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
 105
 106 2007-08-28  areadlink-with-size
 107                             Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
 108                             Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
 109                             areadlink_with_size.
 110
 111 2007-08-22  getdelim, getline
 112                             The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
 113                             and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
 114
 115 2007-08-18  idcache         Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
 116
 117 2007-08-10  xstrtol         The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
 118                             Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
 119
 120 2007-08-04  human           The function human_options no longer reports an
 121                             error to standard error; that is now the
 122                             caller's responsibility.  It returns an
 123                             error code of type enum strtol_error
 124                             instead of the integer option value, and stores
 125                             the option value via a new int * argument.
 126             xstrtol         The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
 127                             are now an option name and option argument
 128                             instead of an option argument and a type string,
 129                             STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
 130
 131 2007-07-14  gpl, lgpl       New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
 132
 133 2007-07-10  version-etc     Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+.  Use
 134                             gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
 135
 136 2007-07-07  wcwidth         The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
 137                             <wchar.h>.
 138
 139 2007-07-02  gpl, lgpl       Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
 140                             (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
 141
 142 2007-06-16  lchown          The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
 143                             <unistd.h>.
 144
 145 2007-06-09  xallocsa        Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
 146                             was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
 147                             renamed:
 148                               xallocsa -> xmalloca
 149
 150 2007-06-09  allocsa         Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
 151                             was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
 152                             macros were renamed:
 153                               allocsa -> malloca
 154                               freesa -> freea
 155
 156 2007-05-20  utimens         Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
 157                             conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
 158                             that has a different signature.
 159
 160 2007-05-01  sigprocmask     The module now depends on signal, so replace
 161                               #include "sigprocmask.h"
 162                             with
 163                               #include <signal.h>
 164
 165 2007-04-06  gettext         The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
 166                             You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
 167                             'long double' as a type exists.
 168
 169 2007-04-01  arcfour         Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
 170             arctwo          Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
 171             des             Renamed to crypto/des.
 172             gc              Renamed to crypto/gc.
 173             gc-arcfour      Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
 174             gc-arctwo       Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
 175             gc-des          Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
 176             gc-hmac-md5     Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
 177             gc-hmac-sha1    Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
 178             gc-md2          Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
 179             gc-md4          Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
 180             gc-md5          Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
 181             gc-pbkdf2-sha1  Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
 182             gc-random       Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
 183             gc-rijndael     Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
 184             gc-sha1         Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
 185             hmac-md5        Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
 186             hmac-sha1       Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
 187             md2             Renamed to crypto/md2.
 188             md4             Renamed to crypto/md4.
 189             md5             Renamed to crypto/md5.
 190             rijndael        Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
 191             sha1            Renamed to crypto/sha1.
 192
 193 2007-03-27  vasprintf       The module now depends on stdio, so replace
 194                                #include "vasprintf.h"
 195                             with
 196                                #include <stdio.h>
 197
 198 2007-03-24  tsearch         The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
 199                             <search.h>.
 200
 201 2007-03-24  utf8-ucs4       The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
 202                             to "unistr.h".
 203             utf8-ucs4-unsafe  The include file is changed from
 204                             "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
 205             utf16-ucs4      The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
 206                             to "unistr.h".
 207             utf16-ucs4-unsafe  The include file is changed from
 208                             "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
 209             ucs4-utf8       The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
 210                             to "unistr.h".
 211             ucs4-utf16      The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
 212                             to "unistr.h".
 213
 214 2007-03-19  iconvme         The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
 215                             iconv_string -> str_iconv
 216                             iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
 217                                            arguments)
 218
 219 2007-03-15  list            The functions gl_list_create_empty and
 220             array-list      gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
 221             carray-list     You can pass NULL.
 222             linked-list
 223             linkedhash-list
 224             avltree-list
 225             rbtree-list
 226             avltreehash-list
 227             rbtreehash-list
 228
 229 2007-03-15  oset            The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
 230             array-oset      third argument. You can pass NULL.
 231             avltree-oset
 232             rbtree-oset
 233
 234 2007-03-12  des             The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
 235             gc-des          renamed:
 236
 237                             des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
 238                             des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
 239                             des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
 240                             des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
 241                             des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
 242                             des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
 243                             des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
 244                             tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
 245                             tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
 246                             tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
 247                             tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
 248
 249                             Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
 250                             using the "des" module directly.
 251
 252 2007-02-28  xreadlink       The module xreadlink was renamed to
 253                             xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
 254                             xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
 255
 256 2007-02-18  exit            The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
 257             mkdtemp           #include "exit.h"
 258             mkstemp           #include "mkdtemp.h"
 259                               #include "mkstemp.h"
 260                             with
 261                               #include <stdlib.h>
 262
 263 2007-01-26  strdup          The module now depends on string, so replace
 264                               #include "strdup.h"
 265                             with
 266                               #include <string.h>
 267
 268 # This is for Emacs.
 269 # Local Variables:
 270 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
 271 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil
 272 # End: