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 2010-09-10 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to 0, and
16 it defaults O_EXEC and O_SEARCH to O_RDONLY.
17 Use "#if O_CLOEXEC" instead of "#ifdef O_CLOEXEC".
19 2010-08-28 realloc This module is deprecated. Use 'realloc-gnu'
20 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
22 2010-08-28 calloc This module is deprecated. Use 'calloc-gnu'
23 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
25 2010-08-28 malloc This module is deprecated. Use 'malloc-gnu'
26 instead. It will be removed 2012-01-01.
28 2010-08-14 memxfrm This module is renamed to amemxfrm. The include
29 file is renamed to "amemxfrm.h". The function is
32 2010-08-09 symlinkat This module now only provides symlinkat; use the
33 new module 'readlinkat' if needed.
35 2010-07-31 ansi-c++-opt If Autoconf >= 2.66 is used, the 'configure'
36 option is now called --disable-c++ rather than
39 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile
40 The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into
41 a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax
42 checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten.
44 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable
45 IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should
46 add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or
47 CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS
50 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header.
51 Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to
52 get the functions that were previously provided.
54 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly
55 instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01.
57 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that
58 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use
59 module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h"
62 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that
63 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
64 Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h"
67 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that
68 call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations.
69 Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h"
72 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to
73 indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches
74 of gnulib source code needs to be updated.
76 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now
77 must contain an explicit dependency on
80 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t,
81 getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no
82 effect except on very old platforms.
84 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
85 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0.
87 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument.
89 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with
92 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with
95 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with
98 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl
99 The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h"
102 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state,
103 rather than only defined to 1.
105 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008.
106 For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for
107 fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include
108 <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat,
109 include <unistd.h>. For all other
110 functions provided by this module,
111 continue to include "openat.h".
113 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh
114 now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three
117 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional
118 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0.
120 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among
121 getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides
122 "long options" and "options with optional
123 arguments", getopt-posix doesn't.
125 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to
128 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc
129 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc
130 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc
131 The calling convention of the functions
132 u*_conv_from_encoding is changed.
134 2009-04-26 modules/uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc
135 modules/uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc
136 modules/uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc
137 The calling convention of the functions
138 u*_conv_to_encoding is changed.
140 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile
141 The maint.mk file was copied from
142 coreutils, and the old
143 coverage/gettext/indent rules were
144 re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check'
145 this will add several new checks. If some
146 new check is annoying, add the name of the
147 checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your
150 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility.
152 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions.
154 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed.
156 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering.
158 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If
159 c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of-
160 memory, the calling function needs to arrange
163 val = c_strtod (...);
164 if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM)
167 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also
168 need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :.
170 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with
171 canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB).
173 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h",
174 mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking
175 mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no
176 longer be defined by these modules in a year. If
177 you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke
178 AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself.
180 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which
183 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to
186 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h"
189 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to
191 isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to
193 isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to
196 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to
199 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to
202 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h"
205 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h"
208 2008-09-28 sockets When using this module, you now need to link with
211 2008-09-24 sys_select The limitation on `select', introduced 2008-09-23,
212 was removed. sys_select now includes a select
213 wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket
214 and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged
215 by the sys_socket on MinGW.
217 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds
218 wrappers around Winsock functions, so that
219 socket descriptors are now compatible with
220 file descriptors. In general, this change
221 will simply improve your code's portability
222 between POSIX platforms and Windows. In
223 particular, you will be able to use ioctl and
224 close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket,
225 and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError ().
226 On the other hand, you have to audit your code to
227 remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions.
229 This change does not remove the need to call
230 the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets
231 gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled
232 when you include the sys_socket module; while
233 the functionality will be restored soon, for
234 efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system
235 poll system call and gnulib module instead.
237 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead.
239 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function
240 concatenated_filename any more. To get an
241 equivalent function, use function
242 xconcatenated_filename from module
245 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode
246 libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored.
247 Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched.
248 You may need to create a symbolic link for
249 $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries
250 installed in $prefix/lib.
252 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h"
255 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h"
256 to "glthread/lock.h".
257 tls The include file is changed from "tls.h"
260 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of
261 $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am,
262 since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv.
264 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
265 to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
266 isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
267 to "isnand-nolibm.h".
269 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp
270 argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
271 wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
272 termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
274 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
275 The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
276 "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
277 mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
278 mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
280 2008-04-28 rpmatch The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
282 2008-04-28 inet_ntop The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
285 2008-04-28 inet_pton The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
288 2008-03-06 freadahead The return value's computation has changed. It
289 now increases by 1 after ungetc.
291 2008-01-26 isnan-nolibm The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
292 isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
293 "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
294 defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
296 2008-01-14 strcasestr This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
297 implementations; clients that use controlled
298 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
299 efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
300 module instead for smaller code size.
302 2008-01-09 alloca-opt Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
303 supplies an <alloca.h>. Gnulib-using code is now
304 expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
305 Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
306 <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
308 2008-01-08 memmem This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
309 implementations; clients that use controlled
310 needles and thus do not care about worst-case
311 efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
312 module instead for smaller code size.
314 2007-12-24 setenv The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
315 <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
316 longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
317 module if you need it.
319 2007-12-03 getpagesize The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
322 2007-12-03 strcase The include file is changed from <string.h> to
325 2007-10-07 most modules The license for most modules has changed from
326 GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
327 A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
328 module description for the applicable license.
330 2007-09-01 linebreak "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
331 locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
332 "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
334 2007-08-28 areadlink-with-size
335 Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
336 Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
339 2007-08-22 getdelim, getline
340 The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
341 and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
343 2007-08-18 idcache Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
345 2007-08-10 xstrtol The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
346 Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
348 2007-08-04 human The function human_options no longer reports an
349 error to standard error; that is now the
350 caller's responsibility. It returns an
351 error code of type enum strtol_error
352 instead of the integer option value, and stores
353 the option value via a new int * argument.
354 xstrtol The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
355 are now an option name and option argument
356 instead of an option argument and a type string,
357 STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
359 2007-07-14 gpl, lgpl New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
361 2007-07-10 version-etc Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+. Use
362 gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
364 2007-07-07 wcwidth The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
367 2007-07-02 gpl, lgpl Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
368 (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
370 2007-06-16 lchown The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
373 2007-06-09 xallocsa Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
374 was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
378 2007-06-09 allocsa Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
379 was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
384 2007-05-20 utimens Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
385 conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
386 that has a different signature.
388 2007-05-01 sigprocmask The module now depends on signal, so replace
389 #include "sigprocmask.h"
393 2007-04-06 gettext The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
394 You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
395 'long double' as a type exists.
397 2007-04-01 arcfour Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
398 arctwo Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
399 des Renamed to crypto/des.
400 gc Renamed to crypto/gc.
401 gc-arcfour Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
402 gc-arctwo Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
403 gc-des Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
404 gc-hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
405 gc-hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
406 gc-md2 Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
407 gc-md4 Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
408 gc-md5 Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
409 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
410 gc-random Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
411 gc-rijndael Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
412 gc-sha1 Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
413 hmac-md5 Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
414 hmac-sha1 Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
415 md2 Renamed to crypto/md2.
416 md4 Renamed to crypto/md4.
417 md5 Renamed to crypto/md5.
418 rijndael Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
419 sha1 Renamed to crypto/sha1.
421 2007-03-27 vasprintf The module now depends on stdio, so replace
422 #include "vasprintf.h"
426 2007-03-24 tsearch The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
429 2007-03-24 utf8-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
431 utf8-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
432 "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
433 utf16-ucs4 The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
435 utf16-ucs4-unsafe The include file is changed from
436 "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
437 ucs4-utf8 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
439 ucs4-utf16 The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
442 2007-03-19 iconvme The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
443 iconv_string -> str_iconv
444 iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
447 2007-03-15 list The functions gl_list_create_empty and
448 array-list gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
449 carray-list You can pass NULL.
457 2007-03-15 oset The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
458 array-oset third argument. You can pass NULL.
462 2007-03-12 des The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
465 des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
466 des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
467 des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
468 des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
469 des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
470 des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
471 des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
472 tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
473 tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
474 tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
475 tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
477 Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
478 using the "des" module directly.
480 2007-02-28 xreadlink The module xreadlink was renamed to
481 xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
482 xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
484 2007-02-18 exit The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
485 mkdtemp #include "exit.h"
486 mkstemp #include "mkdtemp.h"
491 2007-01-26 strdup The module now depends on string, so replace
498 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
499 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil