NEWS

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