6 2012-01-07 quotearg In the C locale, the function will no longer use
7 the grave accent character to begin a quoted
8 string (`like this'). It will use apostrophes
9 'like these' or, in Unicode locales, single quotes
10 ‘like these’. You may want to adjust any error
11 messages that hard code the quoting characters.
13 2010-09-04 gnulib-tool The option '--import' is no longer cumulative; it
14 now expects the complete list of modules and other
15 options on the command line. If you want to
16 augment (not set) the list of modules, use the
17 new option '--add-import' instead of '--import'.
19 User visible incompatible changes
20 ---------------------------------
24 2011-11-18 hash This module deprecates the hash_insert0 function
25 using gcc's "deprecated" attribute. Use the better-
26 named hash_insert_if_absent equivalent.
28 2011-11-04 openat This module no longer provides the mkdirat()
29 function. If you need this function, you now need
30 to request the 'mkdirat' module.
32 2011-11-04 openat This module no longer provides the fstatat()
33 function. If you need this function, you now need
34 to request the 'fstatat' module.
36 2011-11-03 openat This module no longer provides the unlinkat()
37 function. If you need this function, you now need
38 to request the 'unlinkat' module.
40 2011-11-02 openat This module no longer provides the fchmodat()
41 function. If you need this function, you now need
42 to request the 'fchmodat' module.
44 2011-11-01 alignof This module no longer provides the alignof() macro.
45 Use either alignof_slot() or alignof_type() instead.
47 2011-11-01 openat This module no longer provides the fchownat()
48 function. If you need this function, you now need
49 to request the 'fchownat' module.
51 2011-10-03 poll The link requirements of this module are changed
52 from empty to $(LIB_POLL).
54 2011-09-25 sys_stat This module no longer provides the fstat()
55 function. If you need this function, you now need
56 to request the 'fstat' module.
58 2011-09-23 signal This module is renamed to 'signal-h'.
60 2011-09-22 select The link requirements of this module are changed
61 from $(LIBSOCKET) to $(LIB_SELECT).
63 2011-09-12 fchdir This module no longer overrides the functions
64 opendir() and closedir(), unless the modules
65 'opendir' and 'closedir' are in use, respectively.
66 If you use opendir(), please use module 'opendir'.
67 If you use closedir(), please use module 'closedir'.
69 2011-08-04 pathmax The header file "pathmax.h" no longer defines
70 PATH_MAX on GNU/Hurd. Please use one of the methods
71 listed in pathmax.h to ensure your package is
74 2011-07-24 close This module no longer pulls in the 'fclose' module.
75 If your code creates a socket descriptor using
76 socket() or accept(), then a FILE stream referring
77 to it using fdopen(), then in order to close this
78 stream, you need the 'fclose' module.
80 2011-07-12 arg-nonnull Renamed to snippet/arg-nonnull.
81 c++defs Renamed to snippet/c++defs.
82 link-warning Renamed to snippet/link-warning.
83 unused-parameter Renamed to snippet/unused-parameter.
84 warn-on-use Renamed to snippet/warn-on-use.
86 2011-06-15 verify verify_true (V) is deprecated; please use
87 verify_expr (V, 1) instead.
89 2011-06-05 ansi-c++-opt When a C++ compiler is not found, the variable CXX
90 is now set to "no", not to ":".
92 2011-05-11 group-member The include file is changed from "group-member.h"
95 2011-05-02 exit The module is removed. It was deprecated
96 on 2010-03-05. Use 'stdlib' directly instead.
98 2011-04-27 mgetgroups The 'xgetgroups' function has been split into
99 a new 'xgetgroups' module.
101 2011-04-27 save-cwd This module pulls in fewer dependencies by
102 default; to retain robust handling of directories
103 with an absolute name longer than PATH_MAX, you
104 must now explicitly include the 'getcwd' module.
106 2011-04-19 close-hook This module has been renamed to 'fd-hook' and
109 2011-03-08 regex-quote The last argument is no longer an 'int cflags'
110 but instead a pointer to a previously constructed
111 'struct regex_quote_spec'.
113 2011-02-25 dirname These modules no longer put #defines for the
114 dirname-lgpl following symbols into <config.h>: ISSLASH,
115 backupfile FILE_SYSTEM_ACCEPTS_DRIVE_LETTER_PREFIX,
116 lstat FILE_SYSTEM_BACKSLASH_IS_FILE_NAME_SEPARATOR,
117 openat FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVE_PREFIX_CAN_BE_RELATIVE.
118 remove Applications that need ISSLASH can include the new
119 rmdir header dosname.h.
124 2011-02-14 getloadavg This module no longer #defines C_GETLOADAVG or
125 HAVE_GETLOADAVG, as the application no longer needs
126 to worry about how getloadavg is defined. It no
127 longer defines the obsolete symbol NLIST_NAME_UNION
128 (which should have been internal to the module
129 anyway). Also, support for setgid use has been
130 removed, as nobody seems to be using it; thus
131 GETLOADAVG_PRIVILEGED is no longer #defined and
132 KMEM_GROUP and NEED_SETGID are no longer
135 2011-02-08 stdlib Unless the random_r module is also used, this
136 module no longer guarantees that the following are
137 defined: struct random_data, RAND_MAX, random_r,
138 srandom_r, initstate_r, setstate_r.
140 2011-02-08 wctype-h This module no longer provides the iswblank()
141 function. If you need this function, you now need
142 to request the 'iswblank' module.
144 2011-02-07 wctype This module is renamed to wctype-h.
146 2011-01-18 multiarch This no longer #defines AA_APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD;
147 instead, use the shell var APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD.
149 2010-12-10 pipe This module is renamed to spawn-pipe. The include
150 file is renamed to "spawn-pipe.h".
152 2010-10-05 getdate This module is deprecated. Please use the new
153 parse-datetime module for the replacement
154 function parse_datetime(), or help us write
155 getdate-posix for getdate(). Also, the header
156 "getdate.h" has been renamed "parse-datetime.h",
157 and doc/getdate.texi to doc/parse-datetime.texi.
159 2010-09-29 sys_wait This module no longer provides the waitpid()
160 function. If you need this function, you now need
161 to request the 'waitpid' module.
163 2010-09-17 utimens The function gl_futimens is removed, and its
164 signature has been migrated to fdutimens. Callers
165 of gl_futimens should change function name, and
166 callers of fdutimens should swap parameter order.
168 2010-09-17 fdutimensat This function has a new signature: the fd now comes
169 first instead of the dir/name pair, and a new
170 atflag parameter is added at the end. Old code
171 should rearrange parameters, and pass 0 for atflag.
173 2010-09-13 regex The module is not guaranteeing anymore support for
174 64-bit regoff_t on 64-bit systems. The size of
175 regoff_t will always be 32-bit unless the program
176 is being configured --with-included-regex. This
177 may change again in the future once glibc provides
178 this feature as well.
180 2010-09-12 savedir The fdsavedir function is now deprecated.
182 2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and
183 it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY.
184 Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC".
186 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
187 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
189 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
190 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
192 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
193 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
195 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
196 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
199 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
200 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
202 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
203 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
206 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
207 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
208 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
209 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
211 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
212 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
213 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
214 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
217 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
218 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
219 get the functions that were previously provided.
221 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
222 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
224 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
225 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
226 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
229 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
230 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
231 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
234 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
235 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
236 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
239 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
240 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
241 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
243 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
244 must contain an explicit dependency on
247 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
248 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
249 effect except on very old platforms.
251 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
252 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
254 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
256 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
259 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
262 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
263 $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME).
265 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
266 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
269 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
270 rather than only defined to 1.
272 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
273 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
274 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
275 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
276 include <unistd.h>. For all other
277 functions provided by this module,
278 continue to include "openat.h".
280 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
281 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
284 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
285 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
287 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
288 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
289 "long options" and "options with optional
290 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
292 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
295 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
296 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
297 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
298 The calling convention of the functions
299 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
301 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
302 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
303 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
304 The calling convention of the functions
305 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
307 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
308 The maint.mk file was copied from
309 coreutils, and the old
310 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
311 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
312 this will add several new checks. If some
313 new check is annoying, add the name of the
314 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
317 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
319 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
321 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
323 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
325 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
326 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
327 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
330 val = c_strtod (...);
331 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
334 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
335 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
337 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
338 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
340 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
341 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
342 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
343 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
344 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
345 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
347 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
350 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
353 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
356 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
358 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
360 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
363 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
366 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
369 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
372 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
375 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
378 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on 'select', introduced 2008-09-23,
379 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
380 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
381 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
382 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
384 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
385 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
386 socket descriptors are now compatible with
387 file descriptors. In general, this change
388 will simply improve your code's portability
389 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
390 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
391 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
392 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
393 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
394 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
396 This change does not remove the need to call
397 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
398 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
399 when you include the sys_socket module; while
400 the functionality will be restored soon, for
401 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
402 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
404 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
406 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
407 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
408 equivalent function, use function
409 xconcatenated_filename from module
412 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
413 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
414 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
415 You may need to create a symbolic link for
416 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
417 installed in $prefix/lib.
419 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
422 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
423 to "glthread/lock.h".
424 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
427 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
428 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
429 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
431 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
432 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
433 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
434 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
436 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
437 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
438 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
439 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
441 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
442 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
443 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
444 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
445 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
447 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
449 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
452 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
455 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
456 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
458 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
459 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
460 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
461 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
463 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
464 implementations; clients that use controlled
465 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
466 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
467 module instead for smaller code size.
469 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
470 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
471 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
472 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
473 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
475 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
476 implementations; clients that use controlled
477 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
478 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
479 module instead for smaller code size.
481 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
482 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
483 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
484 module if you need it.
486 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
489 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
492 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
493 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
494 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
495 module description for the applicable license.
497 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
498 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
499 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
501 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
502 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
503 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
506 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
507 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
508 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
510 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
512 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
513 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
515 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
516 error to standard error; that is now the
517 caller's responsibility. It returns an
518 error code of type enum strtol_error
519 instead of the integer option value, and stores
520 the option value via a new int * argument.
521 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
522 are now an option name and option argument
523 instead of an option argument and a type string,
524 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
526 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
528 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
529 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
531 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
534 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
535 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
537 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
540 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
541 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
545 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
546 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
551 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
552 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
553 that has a different signature.
555 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
556 #include "sigprocmask.h"
560 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
561 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
562 'long double' as a type exists.
564 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
565 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
566 des Renamed to crypto/des.
567 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
568 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
569 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
570 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
571 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
572 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
573 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
574 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
575 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
576 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
577 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
578 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
579 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
580 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
581 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
582 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
583 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
584 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
585 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
586 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
588 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
589 #include "vasprintf.h"
593 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
596 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
598 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
599 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
600 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
602 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
603 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
604 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
606 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
609 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
610 iconv_string -> str_iconv
611 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
614 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
615 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
616 carray-list You can pass NULL.
624 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
625 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
629 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
632 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
633 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
634 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
635 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
636 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
637 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
638 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
639 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
640 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
641 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
642 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
644 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
645 using the "des" module directly.
647 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
648 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
649 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
651 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
652 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
653 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
658 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
665 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
666 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil