4 2010-09-04 gnulib-tool The option '--import' is no longer cumulative; it
5 now expects the complete list of modules and other
6 options on the command line. If you want to
7 augment (not set) the list of modules, use the
8 new option '--add-import' instead of '--import'.
10 User visible incompatible changes
11 ---------------------------------
15 2011-11-04 openat This module no longer provides the mkdirat()
16 function. If you need this function, you now need
17 to request the 'mkdirat' module.
19 2011-11-04 openat This module no longer provides the fstatat()
20 function. If you need this function, you now need
21 to request the 'fstatat' module.
23 2011-11-03 openat This module no longer provides the unlinkat()
24 function. If you need this function, you now need
25 to request the 'unlinkat' module.
27 2011-11-02 openat This module no longer provides the fchmodat()
28 function. If you need this function, you now need
29 to request the 'fchmodat' module.
31 2011-11-01 alignof This module no longer provides the alignof() macro.
32 Use either alignof_slot() or alignof_type() instead.
34 2011-11-01 openat This module no longer provides the fchownat()
35 function. If you need this function, you now need
36 to request the 'fchownat' module.
38 2011-10-03 poll The link requirements of this module are changed
39 from empty to $(LIB_POLL).
41 2011-09-25 sys_stat This module no longer provides the fstat()
42 function. If you need this function, you now need
43 to request the 'fstat' module.
45 2011-09-23 signal This module is renamed to 'signal-h'.
47 2011-09-22 select The link requirements of this module are changed
48 from $(LIBSOCKET) to $(LIB_SELECT).
50 2011-09-12 fchdir This module no longer overrides the functions
51 opendir() and closedir(), unless the modules
52 'opendir' and 'closedir' are in use, respectively.
53 If you use opendir(), please use module 'opendir'.
54 If you use closedir(), please use module 'closedir'.
56 2011-08-04 pathmax The header file "pathmax.h" no longer defines
57 PATH_MAX on GNU/Hurd. Please use one of the methods
58 listed in pathmax.h to ensure your package is
61 2011-07-24 close This module no longer pulls in the 'fclose' module.
62 If your code creates a socket descriptor using
63 socket() or accept(), then a FILE stream referring
64 to it using fdopen(), then in order to close this
65 stream, you need the 'fclose' module.
67 2011-07-12 arg-nonnull Renamed to snippet/arg-nonnull.
68 c++defs Renamed to snippet/c++defs.
69 link-warning Renamed to snippet/link-warning.
70 unused-parameter Renamed to snippet/unused-parameter.
71 warn-on-use Renamed to snippet/warn-on-use.
73 2011-06-15 verify verify_true (V) is deprecated; please use
74 verify_expr (V, 1) instead.
76 2011-06-05 ansi-c++-opt When a C++ compiler is not found, the variable CXX
77 is now set to "no", not to ":".
79 2011-05-11 group-member The include file is changed from "group-member.h"
82 2011-05-02 exit The module is removed. It was deprecated
83 on 2010-03-05. Use 'stdlib' directly instead.
85 2011-04-27 mgetgroups The 'xgetgroups' function has been split into
86 a new 'xgetgroups' module.
88 2011-04-27 save-cwd This module pulls in fewer dependencies by
89 default; to retain robust handling of directories
90 with an absolute name longer than PATH_MAX, you
91 must now explicitly include the 'getcwd' module.
93 2011-04-19 close-hook This module has been renamed to 'fd-hook' and
96 2011-03-08 regex-quote The last argument is no longer an 'int cflags'
97 but instead a pointer to a previously constructed
98 'struct regex_quote_spec'.
100 2011-02-25 dirname These modules no longer put #defines for the
101 dirname-lgpl following symbols into <config.h>: ISSLASH,
102 backupfile FILE_SYSTEM_ACCEPTS_DRIVE_LETTER_PREFIX,
103 lstat FILE_SYSTEM_BACKSLASH_IS_FILE_NAME_SEPARATOR,
104 openat FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVE_PREFIX_CAN_BE_RELATIVE.
105 remove Applications that need ISSLASH can include the new
106 rmdir header dosname.h.
111 2011-02-14 getloadavg This module no longer #defines C_GETLOADAVG or
112 HAVE_GETLOADAVG, as the application no longer needs
113 to worry about how getloadavg is defined. It no
114 longer defines the obsolete symbol NLIST_NAME_UNION
115 (which should have been internal to the module
116 anyway). Also, support for setgid use has been
117 removed, as nobody seems to be using it; thus
118 GETLOADAVG_PRIVILEGED is no longer #defined and
119 KMEM_GROUP and NEED_SETGID are no longer
122 2011-02-08 stdlib Unless the random_r module is also used, this
123 module no longer guarantees that the following are
124 defined: struct random_data, RAND_MAX, random_r,
125 srandom_r, initstate_r, setstate_r.
127 2011-02-08 wctype-h This module no longer provides the iswblank()
128 function. If you need this function, you now need
129 to request the 'iswblank' module.
131 2011-02-07 wctype This module is renamed to wctype-h.
133 2011-01-18 multiarch This no longer #defines AA_APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD;
134 instead, use the shell var APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD.
136 2010-12-10 pipe This module is renamed to spawn-pipe. The include
137 file is renamed to "spawn-pipe.h".
139 2010-10-05 getdate This module is deprecated. Please use the new
140 parse-datetime module for the replacement
141 function parse_datetime(), or help us write
142 getdate-posix for getdate(). Also, the header
143 "getdate.h" has been renamed "parse-datetime.h",
144 and doc/getdate.texi to doc/parse-datetime.texi.
146 2010-09-29 sys_wait This module no longer provides the waitpid()
147 function. If you need this function, you now need
148 to request the 'waitpid' module.
150 2010-09-17 utimens The function gl_futimens is removed, and its
151 signature has been migrated to fdutimens. Callers
152 of gl_futimens should change function name, and
153 callers of fdutimens should swap parameter order.
155 2010-09-17 fdutimensat This function has a new signature: the fd now comes
156 first instead of the dir/name pair, and a new
157 atflag parameter is added at the end. Old code
158 should rearrange parameters, and pass 0 for atflag.
160 2010-09-13 regex The module is not guaranteeing anymore support for
161 64-bit regoff_t on 64-bit systems. The size of
162 regoff_t will always be 32-bit unless the program
163 is being configured --with-included-regex. This
164 may change again in the future once glibc provides
165 this feature as well.
167 2010-09-12 savedir The fdsavedir function is now deprecated.
169 2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and
170 it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY.
171 Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC".
173 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
174 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
176 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
177 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
179 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
180 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
182 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
183 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
186 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
187 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
189 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
190 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
193 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
194 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
195 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
196 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
198 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
199 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
200 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
201 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
204 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
205 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
206 get the functions that were previously provided.
208 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
209 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
211 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
212 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
213 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
216 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
217 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
218 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
221 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
222 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
223 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
226 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
227 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
228 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
230 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
231 must contain an explicit dependency on
234 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
235 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
236 effect except on very old platforms.
238 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
239 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
241 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
243 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
246 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
249 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
250 $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME).
252 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
253 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
256 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
257 rather than only defined to 1.
259 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
260 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
261 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
262 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
263 include <unistd.h>. For all other
264 functions provided by this module,
265 continue to include "openat.h".
267 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
268 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
271 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
272 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
274 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
275 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
276 "long options" and "options with optional
277 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
279 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
282 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
283 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
284 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
285 The calling convention of the functions
286 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
288 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
289 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
290 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
291 The calling convention of the functions
292 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
294 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
295 The maint.mk file was copied from
296 coreutils, and the old
297 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
298 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
299 this will add several new checks. If some
300 new check is annoying, add the name of the
301 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
304 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
306 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
308 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
310 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
312 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
313 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
314 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
317 val = c_strtod (...);
318 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
321 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
322 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
324 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
325 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
327 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
328 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
329 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
330 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
331 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
332 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
334 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
337 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
340 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
343 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
345 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
347 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
350 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
353 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
356 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
359 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
362 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
365 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
366 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
367 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
368 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
369 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
371 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
372 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
373 socket descriptors are now compatible with
374 file descriptors. In general, this change
375 will simply improve your code's portability
376 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
377 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
378 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
379 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
380 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
381 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
383 This change does not remove the need to call
384 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
385 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
386 when you include the sys_socket module; while
387 the functionality will be restored soon, for
388 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
389 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
391 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
393 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
394 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
395 equivalent function, use function
396 xconcatenated_filename from module
399 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
400 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
401 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
402 You may need to create a symbolic link for
403 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
404 installed in $prefix/lib.
406 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
409 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
410 to "glthread/lock.h".
411 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
414 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
415 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
416 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
418 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
419 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
420 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
421 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
423 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
424 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
425 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
426 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
428 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
429 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
430 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
431 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
432 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
434 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
436 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
439 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
442 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
443 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
445 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
446 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
447 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
448 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
450 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
451 implementations; clients that use controlled
452 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
453 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
454 module instead for smaller code size.
456 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
457 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
458 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
459 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
460 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
462 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
463 implementations; clients that use controlled
464 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
465 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
466 module instead for smaller code size.
468 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
469 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
470 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
471 module if you need it.
473 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
476 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
479 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
480 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
481 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
482 module description for the applicable license.
484 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
485 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
486 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
488 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
489 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
490 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
493 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
494 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
495 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
497 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
499 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
500 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
502 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
503 error to standard error; that is now the
504 caller's responsibility. It returns an
505 error code of type enum strtol_error
506 instead of the integer option value, and stores
507 the option value via a new int * argument.
508 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
509 are now an option name and option argument
510 instead of an option argument and a type string,
511 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
513 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
515 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
516 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
518 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
521 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
522 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
524 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
527 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
528 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
532 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
533 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
538 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
539 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
540 that has a different signature.
542 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
543 #include "sigprocmask.h"
547 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
548 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
549 'long double' as a type exists.
551 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
552 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
553 des Renamed to crypto/des.
554 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
555 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
556 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
557 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
558 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
559 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
560 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
561 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
562 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
563 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
564 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
565 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
566 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
567 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
568 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
569 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
570 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
571 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
572 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
573 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
575 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
576 #include "vasprintf.h"
580 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
583 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
585 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
586 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
587 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
589 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
590 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
591 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
593 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
596 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
597 iconv_string -> str_iconv
598 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
601 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
602 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
603 carray-list You can pass NULL.
611 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
612 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
616 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
619 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
620 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
621 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
622 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
623 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
624 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
625 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
626 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
627 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
628 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
629 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
631 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
632 using the "des" module directly.
634 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
635 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
636 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
638 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
639 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
640 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
645 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
652 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
653 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil