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+2009-10-04  Paolo Bonzini  <bonzini@gnu.org>
+           Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       * lib/uname.c (uname): Use a table-driver algorithm to compute
+       Windows NT versions.
+
+2009-10-04  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       * lib/progname.c (set_program_name): Also remove the "lt-" prefix from
+       program_invocation_short_name.
+       * modules/progname (configure.ac): Test for presence of
+       program_invocation_short_name.
+       Reported by Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>.
+
+2009-10-04  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       * lib/progname.c (set_program_name): Fix comment.
+       Reported by Jim Meyering.
+
+2009-10-03  Paolo Bonzini  <bonzini@gnu.org>
+           Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       * lib/uname.c: Include <string.h>.
+       (uname): Do only one call to GetVersionEx in the common case.
+
+2009-10-03  Paolo Bonzini  <bonzini@gnu.org>
+           Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       * lib/uname.c (VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_CE, PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64,
+       PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64): Define fallbacks.
+       (uname): Add support for Windows CE and various non-x86 CPU types.
+
+2009-10-03  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       * gnulib-tool (func_create_testdir): Conditionally emit AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+       invocation to tests/configure.ac.
+       Reported by Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net>.
+
+2009-10-02  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+       fchdir: avoid compiler warning
+       * lib/fchdir.c (canonicalize_file_name)
+       [!HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME]: Avoid compiler warning on mingw.
+
+       test-open: support mingw errno values
+       * tests/test-open.h (test_open): Relax test.
+       * tests/test-fopen.h (test_fopen): Likewise.
+       * tests/test-openat-safer.c (main): Likewise.
+
+       open: fix opening directory on mingw
+       * lib/open.c (open) [REPLACE_OPEN_DIRECTORY]: Correct typo.
+
+       test-open: on GNU/Hurd, /dev/null is a directory
+       * tests/test-fopen.h (main): Rename...
+       (test_fopen): ...to this.  Use a guaranteed non-directory when
+       confirming open behavior on trailing slash.
+       * tests/test-openat-safer.c (main): Likewise.
+       * tests/test-open.h (main): Likewise....
+       (test_open): ...to this.
+       * tests/test-fopen.c (main): Adjust caller.
+       * tests/test-fopen-safer.c (main): Likewise.
+       * tests/test-open.c (main): Likewise.
+       * tests/test-fcntl-safer.c (main): Likewise.
+       Reported by Samuel Thibault.
+
+       rename, fchdir: don't ignore chdir failure
+       * lib/fchdir.c (get_name): Abort on unexpected chdir failure.
+       * lib/rename.c (rpl_rename) [W32]: Likewise.
+       (rpl_rename) [RENAME_DEST_EXISTS_BUG]: Avoid one case of losing
+       an empty destination directory if source cannot be renamed,
+       although there is still possibility for failure.
+       * doc/posix-functions/rename.texi (rename): Document the race.
+       Reported by Jim Meyering.
+
+       maint: cleanup whitespace in recent commits
+       * lib/rename.c (rpl_rename): Remove tabs.
+       * tests/test-link.h (test_link): Likewise.
+       * lib/fchdir.c (get_name): Likewise.
+       Reported by Jim Meyering.
+
+2009-10-02  Ben Pfaff  <blp@gnu.org>
+
+       relocatable-prog-wrapper: Add missing dependency on
+       double-slash-root.
+       * modules/relocatable-prog-wrapper: Add dependency.
+       Reported by Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net>.
+
+2009-10-02  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+       renameat: fix Solaris bugs
+       * m4/renameat.m4 (gl_FUNC_RENAMEAT): Replace renameat if rename
+       needed fixing.
+       * m4/stdio_h.m4 (gl_STDIO_H_DEFAULTS): New witness.
+       * modules/stdio (Makefile.am): Substitute it.
+       * lib/stdio.in.h (renameat): Declare replacement.
+       * lib/renameat.c (rpl_renameat): Implement fix.
+
+       renameat: new module
+       * modules/renameat: New file.
+       * lib/renameat.c (renameat): Likewise.
+       * m4/renameat.m4 (gl_FUNC_RENAMEAT): Likewise.
+       * m4/stdio_h.m4 (gl_STDIO_H_DEFAULTS): Add witnesses.
+       * modules/stdio (Makefile.am): Substitute them.
+       * lib/stdio.in.h (renameat): Declare it.
+       * MODULES.html.sh (systems lacking POSIX:2008): Mention module.
+       * doc/posix-functions/renameat.texi (renameat): Likewise.
+       * modules/renameat-tests: New test.
+       * tests/test-renameat.c: Likewise.
+
+       rename: fix mingw bugs
+       * lib/rename.c (rpl_rename) [W32]: Fix trailing slash and
+       directory overwrite bugs.
+
+       rename: fix another cygwin 1.5 bug
+       * m4/rename.m4 (gl_FUNC_RENAME): Split cygwin bugs into two
+       checks.
+       * lib/rename.c (rpl_rename): Don't penalize NetBSD with
+       unnecessary cygwin workarounds.  Also work around bug with moving
+       full directory onto an empty one.
+       * modules/rename (Depends-on): Add canonicalize-lgpl, rmdir.
+
+       rename-dest-slash: merge into rename module
+       * modules/rename-dest-slash (Status): Mark obsolete.
+       (Depends-on): Add rename.
+       (Files): Let rename do it all.
+       * m4/rename.m4 (gl_FUNC_RENAME): Also test for NetBSD bugs,
+       subsuming the test from gl_FUNC_RENAME_TRAILING_DEST_SLASH...
+       * m4/rename-dest-slash.m4: ...so this file can be deleted.
+       * lib/rename-dest-slash.c (rpl_rename_dest_slash): Delete.
+       * lib/rename.c (rpl_rename): Update comments.
+
+       rename: fix cygwin 1.5.x bugs
+       * m4/rename.m4 (gl_FUNC_RENAME): Detect cygwin bugs.
+       * lib/rename.c (rpl_rename): Work around them.
+       * modules/rename (Depends-on): Add same-inode.
+
+       rename: fix Solaris 10 bug
+       * m4/rename.m4 (gl_FUNC_RENAME): Detect Solaris bug.
+       * lib/rename.c (rpl_rename): Don't cripple POSIX behavior if this
+       was the only bug.
+
+       rename: fix Solaris 9 bug
+       * lib/rename.c (rpl_rename): Rewrite to recognize trailing slash
+       on non-directory.  Avoid calling exit.
+       * modules/rename (Depends-on): Drop xalloc; add lstat, stdbool,
+       strdup.
+       * modules/rename-tests (Depends-on): Drop lstat.
+       * m4/rename.m4 (gl_FUNC_RENAME): Detect Solaris bug.
+       (gl_PREREQ_RENAME): Delete unused macro.
+
+       rename-dest-slash: fix NetBSD bug
+       * lib/rename-dest-slash.c (rpl_rename_dest_slash): Detect hard
+       links.
+       * modules/rename-dest-slash (Depends-on): Add same-inode.
+
+       rename-tests: new test, exposes several platform bugs
+       * modules/rename-tests: New file.
+       * tests/test-rename.h: Likewise.
+       * tests/test-rename.c: Likewise.
+       * doc/posix-functions/rename.texi (rename): Improve documentation,
+       including bugs that will eventually be fixed in gnulib.
+
+2009-10-02  Paolo Bonzini  <bonzini@gnu.org>
+
+       * lib/uname.c: Include <stdlib.h>
+       (uname): Assume version info is available.
+
+2009-10-02  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+       gnu-web-doc-update: correct --help output
+       * build-aux/gnu-web-doc-update: Make --help output relevant.
+
+       gnu-web-doc-update: add standard options
+       * build-aux/gnu-web-doc-update: Add --help, --version, etc.
+
+       gnu-web-doc-update: New module.
+       Use this script to automatically update the on-line web documentation
+       for your GNU project at http://www.gnu.org/software/$pkg/manual/
+       * modules/gnu-web-doc-update: New file, from coreutils.
+       * build-aux/gnu-web-doc-update: New script.
+
+2009-10-01  Paolo Bonzini  <bonzini@gnu.org>
+
+       link: LoadLibrary is not needed.
+       * lib/link.c: Use GetModuleHandle.
+
+2009-10-01  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+       getopt: bump serial number
+       * m4/getopt.m4: Increment serial number, to account for 2009-09-24
+       change.
+
+       tests: tighten link, rmdir, and remove tests
+       * tests/test-link.h (includes): No need to use <config.h> here.
+       Clean up if directory hard link was created, otherwise test for
+       trailing '.'.
+       * tests/test-linkat.c (main): Simplify.
+       * tests/test-remove.c (main): Enhance test for trailing '.'.
+       * tests/test-rmdir.h (test_rmdir_func): Likewise.
+
+2009-10-01  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+       maint.mk: requiring "make major" was annoying, for a "minor" release.
+       What is intended is "stable", to contrast with alpha and beta,
+       so require "make stable", not "make major".
+       * build-aux/announce-gen (%valid_release_types): s/major/stable/.
+       (get_tool_versions): Likewise.
+       * top/maint.mk (ALL_RECURSIVE_TARGETS): s/major/stable/
+
+2009-09-30  Ben Pfaff  <blp@gnu.org>
+
+       Fix broken build of replacement for Windows tmpfile().
+       * lib/tmpfile.c (tmpfile): Fix call to gen_tempname() to provide
+       flags argument added along with the 'mkostemp' module.
+
+2009-09-28  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       Avoid identifier clash with POSIX function 'remove' defined as a macro.
+       * lib/gl_list.h (struct gl_list_implementation): Rename field 'remove'
+       to 'remove_elt'.
+       (gl_list_remove): Update.
+       * lib/gl_list.c (gl_list_remove): Update.
+       * lib/gl_oset.h (struct gl_oset_implementation): Rename field 'remove'
+       to 'remove_elt'.
+       (gl_oset_remove): Update.
+       * lib/gl_list.c (gl_oset_remove): Update.
+       Reported by Eric Blake.
+
+2009-09-28  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+       doc: mention yet more cygwin 1.7 status
+       * doc/posix-functions/fexecve.texi (fexecve): Now implemented in
+       cygwin.
+       * doc/glibc-functions/execvpe.texi (execvpe): New file.
+       * doc/gnulib.texi (Glibc unistd.h): Mention it.
+
+       argp: fix test failure
+       * lib/argp-help.c (hol_entry_cmp): Don't use _tolower on values
+       that are not upper-case.  Pass correct range to tolower.
+
+2009-09-27  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+       test-yesno: work around sparc-dash here-document infelicity
+       Without this change, the literal \177 byte in a here document
+       would make dash 0.5.5.1-3 access uninitialized memory.
+       * tests/test-yesno.sh: Don't put the \177 byte in the here document.
+       Instead, use a marker, "@", and filter through tr to create the desired
+       contents.  Reported as <http://bugs.debian.org/548493> by Kurt Roeckx.
+
 2009-09-27  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
        Disable untested support for new flavours of ACLs on AIX.