4 User visible incompatible changes
5 ---------------------------------
9 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
10 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
12 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
14 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
17 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
20 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
23 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
24 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
27 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
28 rather than only defined to 1.
30 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
31 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
32 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
33 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
34 include <unistd.h>. For all other
35 functions provided by this module,
36 continue to include "openat.h".
38 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
39 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
42 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
43 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
45 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
46 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
47 "long options" and "options with optional
48 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
50 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
53 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
54 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
55 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
56 The calling convention of the functions
57 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
59 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
60 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
61 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
62 The calling convention of the functions
63 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
65 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
66 The maint.mk file was copied from
67 coreutils, and the old
68 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
69 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
70 this will add several new checks. If some
71 new check is annoying, add the name of the
72 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
75 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
77 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
79 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
81 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
83 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
84 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
85 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
89 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
92 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
93 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
95 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
96 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
98 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
99 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
100 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
101 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
102 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
103 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
105 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
108 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
111 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
114 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
116 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
118 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
121 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
124 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
127 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
130 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
133 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
136 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
137 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
138 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
139 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
140 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
142 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
143 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
144 socket descriptors are now compatible with
145 file descriptors. In general, this change
146 will simply improve your code's portability
147 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
148 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
149 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
150 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
151 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
152 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
154 This change does not remove the need to call
155 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
156 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
157 when you include the sys_socket module; while
158 the functionality will be restored soon, for
159 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
160 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
162 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
164 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
165 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
166 equivalent function, use function
167 xconcatenated_filename from module
170 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
171 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
172 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
173 You may need to create a symbolic link for
174 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
175 installed in $prefix/lib.
177 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
180 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
181 to "glthread/lock.h".
182 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
185 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
186 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
187 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
189 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
190 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
191 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
192 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
194 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
195 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
196 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
197 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
199 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
200 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
201 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
202 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
203 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
205 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
207 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
210 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
213 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
214 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
216 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
217 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
218 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
219 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
221 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
222 implementations; clients that use controlled
223 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
224 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
225 module instead for smaller code size.
227 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
228 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
229 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
230 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
231 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
233 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
234 implementations; clients that use controlled
235 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
236 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
237 module instead for smaller code size.
239 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
240 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
241 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
242 module if you need it.
244 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
247 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
250 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
251 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
252 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
253 module description for the applicable license.
255 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
256 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
257 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
259 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
260 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
261 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
264 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
265 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
266 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
268 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
270 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
271 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
273 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
274 error to standard error; that is now the
275 caller's responsibility. It returns an
276 error code of type enum strtol_error
277 instead of the integer option value, and stores
278 the option value via a new int * argument.
279 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
280 are now an option name and option argument
281 instead of an option argument and a type string,
282 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
284 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
286 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
287 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
289 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
292 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
293 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
295 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
298 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
299 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
303 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
304 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
309 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
310 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
311 that has a different signature.
313 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
314 #include "sigprocmask.h"
318 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
319 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
320 'long double' as a type exists.
322 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
323 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
324 des Renamed to crypto/des.
325 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
326 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
327 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
328 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
329 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
330 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
331 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
332 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
333 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
334 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
335 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
336 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
337 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
338 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
339 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
340 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
341 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
342 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
343 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
344 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
346 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
347 #include "vasprintf.h"
351 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
354 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
356 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
357 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
358 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
360 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
361 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
362 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
364 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
367 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
368 iconv_string -> str_iconv
369 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
372 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
373 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
374 carray-list You can pass NULL.
382 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
383 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
387 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
390 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
391 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
392 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
393 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
394 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
395 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
396 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
397 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
398 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
399 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
400 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
402 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
403 using the "des" module directly.
405 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
406 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
407 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
409 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
410 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
411 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
416 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
423 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
424 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil