X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=2e7a518266e5484e5715a8306cbbbf954a14170e;hb=cd56634a4a8179fd5a4419fbb3e27211b042ab1c;hp=bb94b033bafa11b0c09e133af819a70827c692c8;hpb=d2d54527de432a0ae290c75286d62843ac0c68e0;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index bb94b033b..2e7a51826 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,11 +1,237 @@ Important notes --------------- +Date Modules Changes + +2013-04-24 gettext If your project uses 'gettextize --intl' it is now + your responsibility to put -I$(top_builddir)/intl + into the Makefile.am for gnulib. + +2012-06-27 elisp-comp The module 'elisp-comp' is removed; the script is + not independently useful outside of automake. + +2012-06-21 gnulib-tool The option --with-tests is now implied by the + options --create-testdir, --test, + --create-megatestdir, --megatest. + +2012-01-07 quotearg In the C locale, the function will no longer use + the grave accent character to begin a quoted + string (`like this'). It will use apostrophes + 'like these' or, in Unicode locales, single quotes + ‘like these’. You may want to adjust any error + messages that hard code the quoting characters. + +2010-09-04 gnulib-tool The option '--import' is no longer cumulative; it + now expects the complete list of modules and other + options on the command line. If you want to + augment (not set) the list of modules, use the + new option '--add-import' instead of '--import'. + User visible incompatible changes --------------------------------- Date Modules Changes +2013-05-04 gnulib-tool CVS checkout of gnulib are no longer supported. + +2013-02-08 careadlinkat This module no longer provides the careadlinkatcwd + function. + +2012-06-26 getopt-posix This module no longer guarantees that option + processing is resettable. If your code uses + 'optreset' or 'optind = 0;', rewrite it to make + only one pass over the argument array. + +2012-02-24 streq This module no longer provides the STREQ macro. + Use STREQ_OPT instead. + +2012-01-10 ignore-value This module no longer provides the ignore_ptr + function. It was deprecated a year ago, but existed + so briefly before then that it never came into use. + Now, the ignore_value function does its job. + +2011-11-18 hash This module deprecates the hash_insert0 function + using gcc's "deprecated" attribute. Use the better- + named hash_insert_if_absent equivalent. + +2011-11-04 openat This module no longer provides the mkdirat() + function. If you need this function, you now need + to request the 'mkdirat' module. + +2011-11-04 openat This module no longer provides the fstatat() + function. If you need this function, you now need + to request the 'fstatat' module. + +2011-11-03 openat This module no longer provides the unlinkat() + function. If you need this function, you now need + to request the 'unlinkat' module. + +2011-11-02 openat This module no longer provides the fchmodat() + function. If you need this function, you now need + to request the 'fchmodat' module. + +2011-11-01 alignof This module no longer provides the alignof() macro. + Use either alignof_slot() or alignof_type() instead. + +2011-11-01 openat This module no longer provides the fchownat() + function. If you need this function, you now need + to request the 'fchownat' module. + +2011-10-03 poll The link requirements of this module are changed + from empty to $(LIB_POLL). + +2011-09-25 sys_stat This module no longer provides the fstat() + function. If you need this function, you now need + to request the 'fstat' module. + +2011-09-23 signal This module is renamed to 'signal-h'. + +2011-09-22 select The link requirements of this module are changed + from $(LIBSOCKET) to $(LIB_SELECT). + +2011-09-12 fchdir This module no longer overrides the functions + opendir() and closedir(), unless the modules + 'opendir' and 'closedir' are in use, respectively. + If you use opendir(), please use module 'opendir'. + If you use closedir(), please use module 'closedir'. + +2011-08-04 pathmax The header file "pathmax.h" no longer defines + PATH_MAX on GNU/Hurd. Please use one of the methods + listed in pathmax.h to ensure your package is + portable to GNU/Hurd. + +2011-07-24 close This module no longer pulls in the 'fclose' module. + If your code creates a socket descriptor using + socket() or accept(), then a FILE stream referring + to it using fdopen(), then in order to close this + stream, you need the 'fclose' module. + +2011-07-12 arg-nonnull Renamed to snippet/arg-nonnull. + c++defs Renamed to snippet/c++defs. + link-warning Renamed to snippet/link-warning. + unused-parameter Renamed to snippet/unused-parameter. + warn-on-use Renamed to snippet/warn-on-use. + +2011-06-15 verify verify_true (V) is deprecated; please use + verify_expr (V, 1) instead. + +2011-06-05 ansi-c++-opt When a C++ compiler is not found, the variable CXX + is now set to "no", not to ":". + +2011-05-11 group-member The include file is changed from "group-member.h" + to . + +2011-05-02 exit The module is removed. It was deprecated + on 2010-03-05. Use 'stdlib' directly instead. + +2011-04-27 mgetgroups The 'xgetgroups' function has been split into + a new 'xgetgroups' module. + +2011-04-27 save-cwd This module pulls in fewer dependencies by + default; to retain robust handling of directories + with an absolute name longer than PATH_MAX, you + must now explicitly include the 'getcwd' module. + +2011-04-19 close-hook This module has been renamed to 'fd-hook' and + generalized. + +2011-03-08 regex-quote The last argument is no longer an 'int cflags' + but instead a pointer to a previously constructed + 'struct regex_quote_spec'. + +2011-02-25 dirname These modules no longer put #defines for the + dirname-lgpl following symbols into : ISSLASH, + backupfile FILE_SYSTEM_ACCEPTS_DRIVE_LETTER_PREFIX, + lstat FILE_SYSTEM_BACKSLASH_IS_FILE_NAME_SEPARATOR, + openat FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVE_PREFIX_CAN_BE_RELATIVE. + remove Applications that need ISSLASH can include the new + rmdir header dosname.h. + savewd + stat + unlink + +2011-02-14 getloadavg This module no longer #defines C_GETLOADAVG or + HAVE_GETLOADAVG, as the application no longer needs + to worry about how getloadavg is defined. It no + longer defines the obsolete symbol NLIST_NAME_UNION + (which should have been internal to the module + anyway). Also, support for setgid use has been + removed, as nobody seems to be using it; thus + GETLOADAVG_PRIVILEGED is no longer #defined and + KMEM_GROUP and NEED_SETGID are no longer + substituted for. + +2011-02-08 stdlib Unless the random_r module is also used, this + module no longer guarantees that the following are + defined: struct random_data, RAND_MAX, random_r, + srandom_r, initstate_r, setstate_r. + +2011-02-08 wctype-h This module no longer provides the iswblank() + function. If you need this function, you now need + to request the 'iswblank' module. + +2011-02-07 wctype This module is renamed to wctype-h. + +2011-01-18 multiarch This no longer #defines AA_APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD; + instead, use the shell var APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD. + +2010-12-10 pipe This module is renamed to spawn-pipe. The include + file is renamed to "spawn-pipe.h". + +2010-10-05 getdate This module is deprecated. Please use the new + parse-datetime module for the replacement + function parse_datetime(), or help us write + getdate-posix for getdate(). Also, the header + "getdate.h" has been renamed "parse-datetime.h", + and doc/getdate.texi to doc/parse-datetime.texi. + +2010-09-29 sys_wait This module no longer provides the waitpid() + function. If you need this function, you now need + to request the 'waitpid' module. + +2010-09-17 utimens The function gl_futimens is removed, and its + signature has been migrated to fdutimens. Callers + of gl_futimens should change function name, and + callers of fdutimens should swap parameter order. + +2010-09-17 fdutimensat This function has a new signature: the fd now comes + first instead of the dir/name pair, and a new + atflag parameter is added at the end. Old code + should rearrange parameters, and pass 0 for atflag. + +2010-09-13 regex The module is not guaranteeing anymore support for + 64-bit regoff_t on 64-bit systems. The size of + regoff_t will always be 32-bit unless the program + is being configured --with-included-regex. This + may change again in the future once glibc provides + this feature as well. + +2010-09-12 savedir The fdsavedir function is now deprecated. + +2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and + it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY. + Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC". + +2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu' + instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01. + +2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu' + instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01. + +2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu' + instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01. + +2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include + file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is + renamed to amemxfrm. + +2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the + new module 'readlinkat' if needed. + +2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure' + option is now called --disable-c++ rather than + --disable-cxx. + 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax @@ -178,7 +404,7 @@ 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, +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 @@ -341,12 +567,12 @@ Date Modules Changes . 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h" - was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was + was renamed 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 + was renamed to "malloca.h". The function-like macros were renamed: allocsa -> malloca freesa -> freea