NEWS

   1 Important notes
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   4 User visible incompatible changes
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   7 Date        Modules         Changes
   8
   9 2008-07-07  isnanf-nolibm   The include file is changed from "isnanf.h"
  10                             to "isnanf-nolibm.h".
  11             isnand-nolibm   The include file is changed from "isnand.h"
  12                             to "isnand-nolibm.h".
  13
  14 2008-06-10  execute         The execute function takes an additional termsigp
  15                             argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
  16             wait-process    The wait_subprocess function takes an additional
  17                             termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok.
  18
  19 2008-05-10  linebreak       The module is split into several modules unilbrk/*.
  20                             The include file is changed from "linebreak.h" to
  21                             "unilbrk.h". Two functions are renamed:
  22                             mbs_possible_linebreaks -> ulc_possible_linebreaks
  23                             mbs_width_linebreaks -> ulc_width_linebreaks
  24
  25 2008-04-28  rpmatch         The include file is now <stdlib.h>.
  26
  27 2008-04-28  inet_ntop       The include file is changed from "inet_ntop.h"
  28                             to <arpa/inet.h>.
  29
  30 2008-04-28  inet_pton       The include file is changed from "inet_pton.h"
  31                             to <arpa/inet.h>.
  32
  33 2008-03-06  freadahead      The return value's computation has changed. It
  34                             now increases by 1 after ungetc.
  35
  36 2008-01-26  isnan-nolibm    The module name is changed from isnan-nolibm to
  37                             isnand-nolibm. The include file is changed from
  38                             "isnan.h" to "isnand.h". The function that it
  39                             defines is changed from isnan() to isnand().
  40
  41 2008-01-14  strcasestr      This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
  42                             implementations; clients that use controlled
  43                             needles and thus do not care about worst-case
  44                             efficiency should use the new strcasestr-simple
  45                             module instead for smaller code size.
  46
  47 2008-01-09  alloca-opt      Now defines HAVE_ALLOCA_H only when the system
  48                             supplies an <alloca.h>.  Gnulib-using code is now
  49                             expected to include <alloca.h> unconditionally.
  50                             Non-gnulib-using code can continue to include
  51                             <alloca.h> only if HAVE_ALLOCA_H is defined.
  52
  53 2008-01-08  memmem          This module now replaces worst-case inefficient
  54                             implementations; clients that use controlled
  55                             needles and thus do not care about worst-case
  56                             efficiency should use the new memmem-simple
  57                             module instead for smaller code size.
  58
  59 2007-12-24  setenv          The include file is changed from "setenv.h" to
  60                             <stdlib.h>. Also, the unsetenv function is no
  61                             longer declared in this module; use the 'unsetenv'
  62                             module if you need it.
  63
  64 2007-12-03  getpagesize     The include file is changed from "getpagesize.h"
  65                             to <unistd.h>.
  66
  67 2007-12-03  strcase         The include file is changed from <string.h> to
  68                             <strings.h>.
  69
  70 2007-10-07  most modules    The license for most modules has changed from
  71                             GPLv2+ to GPLv3+, and from LGPLv2+ to LGPLv3+.
  72                             A few modules are still under LGPLv2+; see the
  73                             module description for the applicable license.
  74
  75 2007-09-01  linebreak       "linebreak.h" no longer declares the functions
  76                             locale_charset, uc_width, u{8,16,32}_width. Use
  77                             "uniwidth.h" to get these functions declared.
  78
  79 2007-08-28  areadlink-with-size
  80                             Renamed from mreadlink-with-size.
  81                             Function renamed: mreadlink_with_size ->
  82                             areadlink_with_size.
  83
  84 2007-08-22  getdelim, getline
  85                             The include file is changed from "getdelim.h"
  86                             and "getline.h" to the POSIX 200x <stdio.h>.
  87
  88 2007-08-18  idcache         Now provides prototypes in "idcache.h".
  89
  90 2007-08-10  xstrtol         The STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR macro is removed.
  91                             Use the new xstrtol_fatal function instead.
  92
  93 2007-08-04  human           The function human_options no longer reports an
  94                             error to standard error; that is now the
  95                             caller's responsibility.  It returns an
  96                             error code of type enum strtol_error
  97                             instead of the integer option value, and stores
  98                             the option value via a new int * argument.
  99             xstrtol         The first two arguments of STRTOL_FATAL_ERROR
 100                             are now an option name and option argument
 101                             instead of an option argument and a type string,
 102                             STRTOL_FAIL_WARN is removed.
 103
 104 2007-07-14  gpl, lgpl       New Texinfo versions with no sectioning commands.
 105
 106 2007-07-10  version-etc     Output now mentions GPLv3+, not GPLv2+.  Use
 107                             gnulib-tool --local-dir to override this.
 108
 109 2007-07-07  wcwidth         The include file is changed from "wcwidth.h" to
 110                             <wchar.h>.
 111
 112 2007-07-02  gpl, lgpl       Renamed to gpl-2.0 and lgpl-2.1 respectively.
 113                             (There is also a new module gpl-3.0.)
 114
 115 2007-06-16  lchown          The include file is changed from "lchown.h" to
 116                             <unistd.h>.
 117
 118 2007-06-09  xallocsa        Renamed to xmalloca. The include file "xallocsa.h"
 119                             was remamed to "xmalloca.h". The function was
 120                             renamed:
 121                               xallocsa -> xmalloca
 122
 123 2007-06-09  allocsa         Renamed to malloca. The include file "allocsa.h"
 124                             was remamed to "malloca.h". The function-like
 125                             macros were renamed:
 126                               allocsa -> malloca
 127                               freesa -> freea
 128
 129 2007-05-20  utimens         Renamed futimens to gl_futimens, to avoid
 130                             conflict with the glibc-2.6-introduced function
 131                             that has a different signature.
 132
 133 2007-05-01  sigprocmask     The module now depends on signal, so replace
 134                               #include "sigprocmask.h"
 135                             with
 136                               #include <signal.h>
 137
 138 2007-04-06  gettext         The macro HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE is no longer set.
 139                             You can replace all its uses with 1, i.e. assume
 140                             'long double' as a type exists.
 141
 142 2007-04-01  arcfour         Renamed to crypto/arcfour.
 143             arctwo          Renamed to crypto/arctwo.
 144             des             Renamed to crypto/des.
 145             gc              Renamed to crypto/gc.
 146             gc-arcfour      Renamed to crypto/gc-arcfour.
 147             gc-arctwo       Renamed to crypto/gc-arctwo.
 148             gc-des          Renamed to crypto/gc-des.
 149             gc-hmac-md5     Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-md5.
 150             gc-hmac-sha1    Renamed to crypto/gc-hmac-sha1.
 151             gc-md2          Renamed to crypto/gc-md2.
 152             gc-md4          Renamed to crypto/gc-md4.
 153             gc-md5          Renamed to crypto/gc-md5.
 154             gc-pbkdf2-sha1  Renamed to crypto/gc-pbkdf2-sha1.
 155             gc-random       Renamed to crypto/gc-random.
 156             gc-rijndael     Renamed to crypto/gc-rijndael.
 157             gc-sha1         Renamed to crypto/gc-sha1.
 158             hmac-md5        Renamed to crypto/hmac-md5.
 159             hmac-sha1       Renamed to crypto/hmac-sha1.
 160             md2             Renamed to crypto/md2.
 161             md4             Renamed to crypto/md4.
 162             md5             Renamed to crypto/md5.
 163             rijndael        Renamed to crypto/rijndael.
 164             sha1            Renamed to crypto/sha1.
 165
 166 2007-03-27  vasprintf       The module now depends on stdio, so replace
 167                                #include "vasprintf.h"
 168                             with
 169                                #include <stdio.h>
 170
 171 2007-03-24  tsearch         The include file is changed from "tsearch.h" to
 172                             <search.h>.
 173
 174 2007-03-24  utf8-ucs4       The include file is changed from "utf8-ucs4.h"
 175                             to "unistr.h".
 176             utf8-ucs4-unsafe  The include file is changed from
 177                             "utf8-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
 178             utf16-ucs4      The include file is changed from "utf16-ucs4.h"
 179                             to "unistr.h".
 180             utf16-ucs4-unsafe  The include file is changed from
 181                             "utf16-ucs4-unsafe.h" to "unistr.h".
 182             ucs4-utf8       The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf8.h"
 183                             to "unistr.h".
 184             ucs4-utf16      The include file is changed from "ucs4-utf16.h"
 185                             to "unistr.h".
 186
 187 2007-03-19  iconvme         The module is removed. Use module striconv instead:
 188                             iconv_string -> str_iconv
 189                             iconv_alloc -> str_cd_iconv (with reversed
 190                                            arguments)
 191
 192 2007-03-15  list            The functions gl_list_create_empty and
 193             array-list      gl_list_create now take an extra fourth argument.
 194             carray-list     You can pass NULL.
 195             linked-list
 196             linkedhash-list
 197             avltree-list
 198             rbtree-list
 199             avltreehash-list
 200             rbtreehash-list
 201
 202 2007-03-15  oset            The function gl_oset_create_empty now takes a
 203             array-oset      third argument. You can pass NULL.
 204             avltree-oset
 205             rbtree-oset
 206
 207 2007-03-12  des             The types and functions in lib/des.h have been
 208             gc-des          renamed:
 209
 210                             des_ctx -> gl_des_ctx, tripledes_ctx -> gl_3des_ctx,
 211                             des_is_weak_key -> gl_des_is_weak_key,
 212                             des_setkey -> gl_des_setkey,
 213                             des_makekey -> gl_des_makekey,
 214                             des_ecb_crypt -> gl_des_ecb_crypt,
 215                             des_ecb_encrypt -> gl_des_ecb_encrypt,
 216                             des_ecb_decrypt -> gl_des_ecb_decrypt,
 217                             tripledes_set2keys -> gl_3des_set2keys,
 218                             tripledes_set3keys -> gl_3des_set3keys,
 219                             tripledes_makekey -> gl_3des_makekey,
 220                             tripledes_ecb_crypt -> gl_3des_ecb_crypt.
 221
 222                             Also consider using the "gc-des" buffer instead of
 223                             using the "des" module directly.
 224
 225 2007-02-28  xreadlink       The module xreadlink was renamed to
 226                             xreadlink-with-size. The function was renamed:
 227                             xreadlink -> xreadlink_with_size.
 228
 229 2007-02-18  exit            The modules now depend on stdlib, so replace
 230             mkdtemp           #include "exit.h"
 231             mkstemp           #include "mkdtemp.h"
 232                               #include "mkstemp.h"
 233                             with
 234                               #include <stdlib.h>
 235
 236 2007-01-26  strdup          The module now depends on string, so replace
 237                               #include "strdup.h"
 238                             with
 239                               #include <string.h>
 240
 241 # This is for Emacs.
 242 # Local Variables:
 243 # indent-tabs-mode: nil
 244 # whitespace-check-buffer-indent: nil
 245 # End: