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 Date        Modules         Changes
 
+2008-09-28  sockets         When using this module, you now need to link with
+                            $(LIBSOCKET).
+
+2008-09-24  sys_select      The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
+                            was removed.  sys_select now includes a select
+                            wrapper for Winsock.  The wrapper expects socket
+                            and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
+                            by the sys_socket on MinGW.
+
+2008-09-23  sys_socket      Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
+                            wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
+                            socket descriptors are now compatible with
+                            file descriptors.  In general, this change
+                            will simply improve your code's portability
+                            between POSIX platforms and Windows.  In
+                            particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
+                            close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
+                            and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
+                            On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
+                            remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
+
+                            This change does not remove the need to call
+                            the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
+                            gnulib module.  Also, for now select is disabled
+                            when you include the sys_socket module; while
+                            the functionality will be restored soon, for
+                            efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
+                            poll system call and gnulib module instead.
+
+2008-09-13  EOVERFLOW       The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
+
+2008-09-01  filename        The module does not define the function
+                            concatenated_filename any more. To get an
+                            equivalent function, use function
+                            xconcatenated_filename from module
+                            'xconcat-filename'.
+
+2008-08-31  havelib         On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
+                            libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
+                            Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
+                            You may need to create a symbolic link for
+                            $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
+                            installed in $prefix/lib.
+
+2008-08-19  strverscmp      The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
+                            to <string.h>.
+
+2008-08-14  lock            The include file is changed from "lock.h"
+                            to "glthread/lock.h".
+            tls             The include file is changed from "tls.h"
+                            to "glthread/tls.h".
+
+2008-07-17  c-stack         The module now requires the addition of
+                            $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
+                            since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
+
+2008-07-07  isnanf-nolibm   The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
+                            to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
+            isnand-nolibm   The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
+                            to "isnand-nolibm.h".
+
+2008-06-10  execute         The execute function takes an additional termsigp
+                            argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
+            wait-process    The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
+                            termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
+
+2008-05-10  linebreak       The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
+                            The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
+                            "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
+                            mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
+                            mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
+
+2008-04-28  rpmatch         The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
+
+2008-04-28  inet_ntop       The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
+                            to <arpa/inet.h>.
+
+2008-04-28  inet_pton       The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
+                            to <arpa/inet.h>.
+
+2008-03-06  freadahead      The return value's computation has changed. It
+                            now increases by 1 after ungetc.
+
+2008-01-26  isnan-nolibm    The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
+                            isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
+                            "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
+                            defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
+
+2008-01-14  strcasestr      This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
+                            implementations; clients that use controlled
+                            needles and thus do not care about worst-case
+                            efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
+                            module instead for smaller code size.
+
+2008-01-09  alloca-opt      Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
+                            supplies an <alloca.h>.  Gnulib-using code is now
+                            expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
+                            Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
+                            <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
+
+2008-01-08  memmem          This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
+                            implementations; clients that use controlled
+                            needles and thus do not care about worst-case
+                            efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
+                            module instead for smaller code size.
+
+2007-12-24  setenv          The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
+                            <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
+                            longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
+                            module if you need it.
+
+2007-12-03  getpagesize     The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
+                            to <unistd.h>.
+
+2007-12-03  strcase         The include file is changed from <string.h> to
+                            <strings.h>.
+
+2007-10-07  most modules    The license for most modules has changed from
+                            GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
+                            A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
+                            module description for the applicable license.
+
+2007-09-01  linebreak       "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
+                            locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
+                            "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
+
+2007-08-28  areadlink-with-size
+                            Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
+                            Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
+                            areadlink_with_size.
+
+2007-08-22  getdelim, getline
+                            The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
+                            and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
+
+2007-08-18  idcache         Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
+
+2007-08-10  xstrtol         The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
+                            Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
+
+2007-08-04  human           The function human_options no longer reports an
+                            error to standard error; that is now the
+                            caller's responsibility.  It returns an
+                            error code of type enum strtol_error
+                            instead of the integer option value, and stores
+                            the option value via a new int * argument.
+            xstrtol         The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
+                            are now an option name and option argument
+                            instead of an option argument and a type string,
+                            STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
+
+2007-07-14  gpl, lgpl       New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
+
+2007-07-10  version-etc     Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+.  Use
+                            gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
+
+2007-07-07  wcwidth         The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
+                            <wchar.h>.
+
+2007-07-02  gpl, lgpl       Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
+                            (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
+
+2007-06-16  lchown          The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
+                            <unistd.h>.
+
+2007-06-09  xallocsa        Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
+                            was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
+                            renamed:
+                              xallocsa -> xmalloca
+
+2007-06-09  allocsa         Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
+                            was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
+                            macros were renamed:
+                              allocsa -> malloca
+                              freesa -> freea
+
+2007-05-20  utimens         Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
+                            conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
+                            that has a different signature.
+
+2007-05-01  sigprocmask     The module now depends on signal, so replace
+                              #include "sigprocmask.h"
+                            with
+                              #include <signal.h>
+
+2007-04-06  gettext         The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
+                            You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
+                            'long double' as a type exists.
+
 2007-04-01  arcfour         Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
             arctwo          Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
             des             Renamed to crypto/des.
@@ -27,7 +216,6 @@ Date        Modules         Changes
             md2             Renamed to crypto/md2.
             md4             Renamed to crypto/md4.
             md5             Renamed to crypto/md5.
-            memxor          Renamed to crypto/memxor.
             rijndael        Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
             sha1            Renamed to crypto/sha1.
 
@@ -45,8 +233,8 @@ Date        Modules         Changes
                             "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
             utf16-ucs4      The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
                             to "unistr.h".
-            utf16-ucs4-unsafe  The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
-                            to "unistr.h".
+            utf16-ucs4-unsafe  The include file is changed from
+                            "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
             ucs4-utf8       The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
                             to "unistr.h".
             ucs4-utf16      The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"