NEWS

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