4 2010-09-04 gnulib-tool The option '--import' is no longer cumulative; it
5 now expects the complete list of modules and other
6 options on the command line. If you want to
7 augment (not set) the list of modules, use the
8 new option '--add-import' instead of '--import'.
10 User visible incompatible changes
11 ---------------------------------
15 2011-11-03 openat This module no longer provides the unlinkat()
16 function. If you need this function, you now need
17 to request the 'unlinkat' module.
19 2011-11-02 openat This module no longer provides the fchmodat()
20 function. If you need this function, you now need
21 to request the 'fchmodat' module.
23 2011-11-01 alignof This module no longer provides the alignof() macro.
24 Use either alignof_slot() or alignof_type() instead.
26 2011-11-01 openat This module no longer provides the fchownat()
27 function. If you need this function, you now need
28 to request the 'fchownat' module.
30 2011-10-03 poll The link requirements of this module are changed
31 from empty to $(LIB_POLL).
33 2011-09-25 sys_stat This module no longer provides the fstat()
34 function. If you need this function, you now need
35 to request the 'fstat' module.
37 2011-09-23 signal This module is renamed to 'signal-h'.
39 2011-09-22 select The link requirements of this module are changed
40 from $(LIBSOCKET) to $(LIB_SELECT).
42 2011-09-12 fchdir This module no longer overrides the functions
43 opendir() and closedir(), unless the modules
44 'opendir' and 'closedir' are in use, respectively.
45 If you use opendir(), please use module 'opendir'.
46 If you use closedir(), please use module 'closedir'.
48 2011-08-04 pathmax The header file "pathmax.h" no longer defines
49 PATH_MAX on GNU/Hurd. Please use one of the methods
50 listed in pathmax.h to ensure your package is
53 2011-07-24 close This module no longer pulls in the 'fclose' module.
54 If your code creates a socket descriptor using
55 socket() or accept(), then a FILE stream referring
56 to it using fdopen(), then in order to close this
57 stream, you need the 'fclose' module.
59 2011-07-12 arg-nonnull Renamed to snippet/arg-nonnull.
60 c++defs Renamed to snippet/c++defs.
61 link-warning Renamed to snippet/link-warning.
62 unused-parameter Renamed to snippet/unused-parameter.
63 warn-on-use Renamed to snippet/warn-on-use.
65 2011-06-15 verify verify_true (V) is deprecated; please use
66 verify_expr (V, 1) instead.
68 2011-06-05 ansi-c++-opt When a C++ compiler is not found, the variable CXX
69 is now set to "no", not to ":".
71 2011-05-11 group-member The include file is changed from "group-member.h"
74 2011-05-02 exit The module is removed. It was deprecated
75 on 2010-03-05. Use 'stdlib' directly instead.
77 2011-04-27 mgetgroups The 'xgetgroups' function has been split into
78 a new 'xgetgroups' module.
80 2011-04-27 save-cwd This module pulls in fewer dependencies by
81 default; to retain robust handling of directories
82 with an absolute name longer than PATH_MAX, you
83 must now explicitly include the 'getcwd' module.
85 2011-04-19 close-hook This module has been renamed to 'fd-hook' and
88 2011-03-08 regex-quote The last argument is no longer an 'int cflags'
89 but instead a pointer to a previously constructed
90 'struct regex_quote_spec'.
92 2011-02-25 dirname These modules no longer put #defines for the
93 dirname-lgpl following symbols into <config.h>: ISSLASH,
94 backupfile FILE_SYSTEM_ACCEPTS_DRIVE_LETTER_PREFIX,
95 lstat FILE_SYSTEM_BACKSLASH_IS_FILE_NAME_SEPARATOR,
96 openat FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVE_PREFIX_CAN_BE_RELATIVE.
97 remove Applications that need ISSLASH can include the new
98 rmdir header dosname.h.
103 2011-02-14 getloadavg This module no longer #defines C_GETLOADAVG or
104 HAVE_GETLOADAVG, as the application no longer needs
105 to worry about how getloadavg is defined. It no
106 longer defines the obsolete symbol NLIST_NAME_UNION
107 (which should have been internal to the module
108 anyway). Also, support for setgid use has been
109 removed, as nobody seems to be using it; thus
110 GETLOADAVG_PRIVILEGED is no longer #defined and
111 KMEM_GROUP and NEED_SETGID are no longer
114 2011-02-08 stdlib Unless the random_r module is also used, this
115 module no longer guarantees that the following are
116 defined: struct random_data, RAND_MAX, random_r,
117 srandom_r, initstate_r, setstate_r.
119 2011-02-08 wctype-h This module no longer provides the iswblank()
120 function. If you need this function, you now need
121 to request the 'iswblank' module.
123 2011-02-07 wctype This module is renamed to wctype-h.
125 2011-01-18 multiarch This no longer #defines AA_APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD;
126 instead, use the shell var APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD.
128 2010-12-10 pipe This module is renamed to spawn-pipe. The include
129 file is renamed to "spawn-pipe.h".
131 2010-10-05 getdate This module is deprecated. Please use the new
132 parse-datetime module for the replacement
133 function parse_datetime(), or help us write
134 getdate-posix for getdate(). Also, the header
135 "getdate.h" has been renamed "parse-datetime.h",
136 and doc/getdate.texi to doc/parse-datetime.texi.
138 2010-09-29 sys_wait This module no longer provides the waitpid()
139 function. If you need this function, you now need
140 to request the 'waitpid' module.
142 2010-09-17 utimens The function gl_futimens is removed, and its
143 signature has been migrated to fdutimens. Callers
144 of gl_futimens should change function name, and
145 callers of fdutimens should swap parameter order.
147 2010-09-17 fdutimensat This function has a new signature: the fd now comes
148 first instead of the dir/name pair, and a new
149 atflag parameter is added at the end. Old code
150 should rearrange parameters, and pass 0 for atflag.
152 2010-09-13 regex The module is not guaranteeing anymore support for
153 64-bit regoff_t on 64-bit systems. The size of
154 regoff_t will always be 32-bit unless the program
155 is being configured --with-included-regex. This
156 may change again in the future once glibc provides
157 this feature as well.
159 2010-09-12 savedir The fdsavedir function is now deprecated.
161 2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and
162 it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY.
163 Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC".
165 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
166 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
168 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
169 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
171 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
172 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
174 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
175 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
178 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
179 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
181 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
182 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
185 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
186 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
187 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
188 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
190 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
191 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
192 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
193 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
196 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
197 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
198 get the functions that were previously provided.
200 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
201 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
203 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
204 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
205 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
208 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
209 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
210 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
213 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
214 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
215 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
218 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
219 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
220 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
222 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
223 must contain an explicit dependency on
226 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
227 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
228 effect except on very old platforms.
230 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
231 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
233 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
235 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
238 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
241 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
242 $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME).
244 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
245 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
248 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
249 rather than only defined to 1.
251 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
252 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
253 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
254 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
255 include <unistd.h>. For all other
256 functions provided by this module,
257 continue to include "openat.h".
259 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
260 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
263 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
264 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
266 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
267 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
268 "long options" and "options with optional
269 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
271 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
274 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
275 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
276 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
277 The calling convention of the functions
278 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
280 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
281 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
282 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
283 The calling convention of the functions
284 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
286 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
287 The maint.mk file was copied from
288 coreutils, and the old
289 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
290 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
291 this will add several new checks. If some
292 new check is annoying, add the name of the
293 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
296 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
298 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
300 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
302 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
304 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
305 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
306 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
309 val = c_strtod (...);
310 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
313 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
314 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
316 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
317 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
319 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
320 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
321 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
322 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
323 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
324 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
326 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
329 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
332 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
335 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
337 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
339 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
342 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
345 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
348 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
351 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
354 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
357 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
358 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
359 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
360 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
361 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
363 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
364 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
365 socket descriptors are now compatible with
366 file descriptors. In general, this change
367 will simply improve your code's portability
368 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
369 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
370 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
371 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
372 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
373 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
375 This change does not remove the need to call
376 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
377 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
378 when you include the sys_socket module; while
379 the functionality will be restored soon, for
380 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
381 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
383 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
385 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
386 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
387 equivalent function, use function
388 xconcatenated_filename from module
391 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
392 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
393 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
394 You may need to create a symbolic link for
395 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
396 installed in $prefix/lib.
398 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
401 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
402 to "glthread/lock.h".
403 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
406 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
407 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
408 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
410 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
411 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
412 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
413 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
415 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
416 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
417 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
418 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
420 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
421 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
422 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
423 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
424 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
426 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
428 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
431 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
434 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
435 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
437 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
438 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
439 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
440 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
442 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
443 implementations; clients that use controlled
444 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
445 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
446 module instead for smaller code size.
448 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
449 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
450 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
451 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
452 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
454 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
455 implementations; clients that use controlled
456 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
457 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
458 module instead for smaller code size.
460 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
461 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
462 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
463 module if you need it.
465 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
468 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
471 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
472 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
473 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
474 module description for the applicable license.
476 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
477 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
478 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
480 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
481 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
482 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
485 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
486 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
487 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
489 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
491 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
492 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
494 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
495 error to standard error; that is now the
496 caller's responsibility. It returns an
497 error code of type enum strtol_error
498 instead of the integer option value, and stores
499 the option value via a new int * argument.
500 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
501 are now an option name and option argument
502 instead of an option argument and a type string,
503 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
505 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
507 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
508 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
510 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
513 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
514 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
516 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
519 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
520 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
524 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
525 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
530 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
531 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
532 that has a different signature.
534 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
535 #include "sigprocmask.h"
539 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
540 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
541 'long double' as a type exists.
543 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
544 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
545 des Renamed to crypto/des.
546 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
547 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
548 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
549 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
550 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
551 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
552 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
553 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
554 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
555 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
556 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
557 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
558 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
559 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
560 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
561 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
562 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
563 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
564 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
565 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
567 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
568 #include "vasprintf.h"
572 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
575 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
577 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
578 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
579 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
581 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
582 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
583 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
585 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
588 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
589 iconv_string -> str_iconv
590 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
593 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
594 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
595 carray-list You can pass NULL.
603 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
604 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
608 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
611 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
612 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
613 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
614 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
615 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
616 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
617 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
618 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
619 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
620 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
621 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
623 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
624 using the "des" module directly.
626 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
627 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
628 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
630 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
631 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
632 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
637 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
644 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
645 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil