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