| Important general notes |
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| Date Modules Changes |
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| 2025-09-03 gnulib-tool If you use |
| now need to initialize AM_CFLAGS before the |
| 'include <gnulib-generated-makefile>' statement. |
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| 2022-07-24 bootstrap To specify a reference directory for the 'gnulib' |
| submodule, use the environment variable |
| GNULIB_REFDIR instead of GNULIB_SRCDIR or the |
| command-line option --gnulib-refdir instead of |
| |
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| 2022-02-20 (all) Automake >= 1.14 and Autoconf >= 2.64 are required. |
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| 2021-06-04 (all) The license notices in source files are now really |
| stating the effective license, rather than a fake |
| GPL notice. |
| gnulib-tool no longer replaces GPL notices in source |
| files by something else. |
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| 2020-08-16 (all) Automake >= 1.11 and Autoconf >= 2.64 are required. |
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| 2019-12-11 Support for These modules are now supported in C++ mode as well. |
| ISO C or POSIX This means, while the autoconfiguration uses the C |
| functions compiler, the resulting header files and function |
| substitutes can be used with a matching C++ compiler |
| as well. |
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| 2019-02-14 gnulib-tool If you use multiple |
| The first one now has the highest priority, not the |
| last one. |
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| 2019-01-04 (all) The meaning of the 'Link' section in the module |
| descriptions has been clarified: It overrides the |
| combined 'Link' sections from the dependencies. |
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| 2018-10-22 (all) Automake >= 1.11 and Autoconf >= 2.63 are required. |
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| 2016-09-05 progname There is now an alternate module 'getprogname'. It |
| defines a getprogname() function; use it to obtain |
| the name of the current program. |
| Recommended use: |
| - In a program's main() function, and associated |
| usage() and help() functions, use 'progname'. |
| - In library code, or more generally any code that |
| is not near the main() function, use |
| 'getprogname'. |
| |
| 2013-04-24 gettext If your project uses 'gettextize |
| your responsibility to put -I$(top_builddir)/intl |
| into the Makefile.am for gnulib. |
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| 2012-06-27 elisp-comp The module 'elisp-comp' is removed; the script is |
| not independently useful outside of automake. |
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| 2012-06-21 gnulib-tool The option |
| options |
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| 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 ' |
| 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'. |
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| User visible incompatible changes |
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| Date Modules Changes |
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| 2025-08-05 git-merge-changelog This module is removed. Use the package from |
| https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/vc-changelog.git |
| instead. |
|
|
| 2025-07-13 safe-alloc This module is now obsolete. Also, it no longer |
| defines the REALLOC_N macro. |
|
|
| 2025-05-09 string-desc These modules now distinguish between read-only |
| xstring-desc string descriptors (type string_desc_t) and |
| writable string descriptors (type rw_string_desc_t). |
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|
| 2025-05-09 copy-acl The mode_t arguments of qcopy_acl and xcopy_acl |
| qcopy-acl should be the full st_mode of the source, |
| not merely st_mode's permission bits. |
| |
| 2025-04-29 hash-triple-simple This module is renamed to hashcode-named-file. |
| |
| 2025-01-02 string-desc The function prefix is changed from string_desc_ |
| xstring-desc to sd_, and from xstring_desc_ to xsd_. |
| string-desc-quotearg |
| |
| 2024-12-25 xprintf The functions x[v][f]printf now return an 'off64_t' |
| instead of an 'int'. |
| |
| 2024-11-05 eealloc This module is deprecated. Use malloc-gnu or |
| realloc-posix instead. |
| |
| 2024-10-22 spawn-pipe The functions 'create_pipe_out', 'create_pipe_in', |
| 'create_pipe_bidi' now take a 4th argument |
| 'const char * const *dll_dirs'. To maintain the |
| previous behaviour, insert NULL as additional 4th |
| argument. |
| |
| 2024-10-22 execute The function 'execute' now takes a 4th argument |
| 'const char * const *dll_dirs'. To maintain the |
| previous behaviour, insert NULL as additional 4th |
| argument. |
| |
| 2024-10-02 file-has-acl The file_has_aclinfo function introduced 3 days ago |
| now has a different signature. |
| |
| 2024-09-25 string-buffer The function sb_append is renamed to sb_append_c. |
| The function sb_dupfree is renamed to sb_dupfree_c. |
| |
| 2024-08-14 verror The include file is changed from "verror.h" |
| to <error.h>. |
| |
| 2024-08-09 full-read These modules now prefer signed types to size_t. |
| full-write The preferred types are idx_t for object sizes and |
| safe-read ptrdiff_t for values that are either a size or -1. |
| safe-write SAFE_READ_ERROR and SAFE_WRITE_ERROR are now |
| obsolescent; callers can just check for < 0. |
| |
| 2024-06-22 xvasprintf It is now the programmer's responsibility to pass |
| c-xvasprintf a valid format string without %ls, %lc directives |
| and that all widths are >= -INT_MAX and <= INT_MAX. |
|
|
| 2024-05-16 putenv This module is renamed to 'putenv-gnu'. |
|
|
| 2024-02-21 *printf-posix These modules no longer support the 'n' directive |
| by default. In order to keep the 'n' directive |
| enabled, you need to additionally request the |
| module 'printf-with-n-directive'. |
|
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| 2024-02-09 strftime This module, deprecated on 2017-07-23, is removed. |
| Use module 'nstrftime' instead. |
|
|
| 2023-09-03 same-inode SAME_INODE, ST_BLKSIZE and ST_NBLOCKS args |
| stat-size must be addressable lvalues. |
|
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| 2023-08-08 readutmp The result element type of the function read_utmp, |
| STRUCT_UTMP, is no longer the same as the result |
| value type of the function getutxent, struct utmpx. |
|
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| 2023-08-03 readutmp Some STRUCT_UTMP members can be char *, |
| 2023-08-01 rather than fixed-length char arrays. |
| On some platforms, the timestamp is ut_ts of type |
| struct timespec, not ut_tv of type struct timeval, |
| and ut_session is pid_t not long. |
| read_utmp's 2nd arg is now idx_t * not size_t *. |
| Link additionally with $(READUTMP_LIB). |
| |
| 2023-07-10 dfa The signature of the function |
| case_folded_counterparts, declared in localeinfo.h, |
| has changed. |
| |
| 2023-06-10 javacomp-script These modules now compile the Java code with option |
| javacomp '-source 1.6' or higher. As a consequence, the |
| compiler may emit notes "... uses unchecked or |
| unsafe operations". To avoid these notes, add |
| template arguments to the types or functions. |
| |
| 2023-04-28 largefile-required |
| year2038-required |
| Modules removed, for consistency with Autoconf |
| master. Use new module year2038-recommended |
| instead of year2038-required. |
| |
| 2023-03-25 mtx This module no longer provides the function |
| call_once. To get this function, use the new |
| separate module 'call_once'. |
| |
| 2023-03-08 time This module is renamed to 'time-h'. |
| The new 'time' module now also works around an |
| inconsistency in glibc 2.31+ on Linux. |
| |
| 2023-02-07 c-nullptr Rename this module to nullptr. |
| |
| 2023-01-21 getprogname The include file is changed from "getprogname.h" |
| to <stdlib.h>. |
| |
| 2023-01-15 stdalign This module is deprecated. Use alignasof instead. |
| |
| 2023-01-13 acl Link additionally with $(QCOPY_ACL_LIB). |
| qacl |
| copy-file |
| supersede |
| |
| 2023-01-13 qcopy-acl Link with $(QCOPY_ACL_LIB) instead of $(LIB_ACL). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 timer_time Link with $(TIMER_TIME_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_TIMER_TIME). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 setlocale-null Link with $(SETLOCALE_NULL_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_SETLOCALE_NULL). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 setlocale Link with $(SETLOCALE_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_SETLOCALE). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 select Link with $(SELECT_LIB) instead of $(LIB_SELECT). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 sched_yield Link with $(SCHED_YIELD_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_SCHED_YIELD). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 pthread_sigmask Link with $(PTHREAD_SIGMASK_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_PTHREAD_SIGMASK). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 posix_spawn Link with $(POSIX_SPAWN_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_POSIX_SPAWN). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 poll Link with $(POLL_LIB) instead of $(LIB_POLL). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 nanosleep Link with $(NANOSLEEP_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_NANOSLEEP). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 mbrtowc Link with $(MBRTOWC_LIB) instead of $(LIB_MBRTOWC). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 hard-locale Link with $(HARD_LOCALE_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_HARD_LOCALE). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 getrandom Link with $(GETRANDOM_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_GETRANDOM). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 getlogin Link with $(GETLOGIN_LIB) instead of |
| getlogin_r $(LIB_GETLOGIN). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 gethrxtime Link with $(GETHRXTIME_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_GETHRXTIME). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 fdatasync Link with $(FDATASYNC_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_FDATASYNC). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 euidaccess Link with $(EUIDACCESS_LIBGEN) instead of |
| $(LIB_EACCESS). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 duplocale Link with $(DUPLOCALE_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_DUPLOCALE). |
| |
| 2023-01-07 clock_time Link with $(CLOCK_TIME_LIB) instead of |
| $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME). |
| |
| 2023-01-06 file-has-acl Link with $(FILE_HAS_ACL_LIB), not $(LIB_HAS_ACL). |
| |
| 2022-12-25 largefile configure no longer enables year-2038 support, |
| unless you configure with --enable-year2038 |
| or use the year2038 module. This temporary |
| hack should go away before the year 2038. |
| |
| 2022-12-24 stdnoreturn This module is deprecated. Use _Noreturn |
| or the noreturn module instead. |
| |
| 2022-12-21 ctime This module is deprecated. Use localtime_r |
| and strftime (or even sprintf) instead. |
| |
| 2022-11-03 dynarray These modules are renamed to glibc-internal/dynarray |
| scratch_buffer and glibc-internal/scratch_buffer, respectively. |
| They are not meant for general use. |
| |
| 2022-11-02 scratch_buffer The function 'gl_scratch_buffer_dupfree' is removed. |
| |
| 2022-09-10 stdbool This module now assumes C99 and provides C23, |
| instead of providing C99. For the old behavior, |
| use the already-deprecated stdbool-c99 module. |
| |
| 2022-03-09 statat This module is deprecated. Use fstatat instead. |
| |
| 2022-01-05 stack This module now uses idx_t instead of size_t |
| for indexes and counts. |
| |
| 2021-08-27 base32 These modules now use idx_t instead of size_t |
| base64 for indexes and counts. |
| |
| 2021-07-29 (all) Due to draft C2x, the following attributes should |
| now appear at the start of a function declaration: |
| _GL_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED |
| _GL_ATTRIBUTE_MAYBE_UNUSED |
| _GL_ATTRIBUTE_NODISCARD |
| attribute Likewise for DEPRECATED, MAYBE_UNUSED, NODISCARD. |
| snippet/unused-parameter |
| Likewise for _GL_UNUSED_PARAMETER. |
| |
| 2021-07-01 largefile AC_SYS_LARGEFILE now also arranges for time_t |
| to be 64-bit on 32-bit GNU/Linux platforms |
| that support it (glibc 2.34 or later). |
| |
| 2021-03-21 fatal-signal The function at_fatal_signal now returns an error |
| indicator. |
| |
| 2021-03-21 diacrit This deprecated module is removed. |
| |
| 2021-03-07 mbrtowc For single-locale optimizations, you now need to |
| mbrtoc32 define GNULIB_WCHAR_SINGLE_LOCALE instead of |
| wcwidth GNULIB_WCHAR_SINGLE. |
| |
| 2021-02-28 parse-datetime The parse_datetime2 function has been moved |
| to the new parse-datetime2 module, so that |
| programs that need just parse_datetime need |
| not build the fancier function. |
| |
| 2020-12-23 execute These functions no longer execute scripts without |
| spawn-pipe ' |
| posix_spawn script as a shell script, either add a '#!/bin/sh' |
| posix_spawnp marker in the first line, or specify "/bin/sh" as |
| the program to execute and the script as its first |
| argument. |
|
|
| 2020-12-18 free This module, obsoleted in 2008, is gone. |
|
|
| 2020-12-14 findprog-in The function 'find_in_given_path' now takes a 3rd |
| argument 'const char *directory'. To maintain the |
| previous behaviour, insert NULL as additional 3rd |
| argument. |
|
|
| 2020-12-11 sh-quote The argv argument of the 'shell_quote_argv' function |
| is now of type 'const char * const *'. You no |
| longer need to cast read-only strings to 'char *' |
| when constructing this argument. |
| execute The prog_argv argument of the 'execute' function |
| is now of type 'const char * const *'. You no |
| longer need to cast read-only strings to 'char *' |
| when constructing this argument. |
| spawn-pipe The prog_argv argument of the functions |
| 'create_pipe_out', 'create_pipe_in', |
| 'create_pipe_bidi' is now of type |
| 'const char * const *'. You no longer need to cast |
| read-only strings to 'char *' when constructing this |
| argument. |
| pipe-filter-gi The prog_argv argument of the |
| 'pipe_filter_gi_create' function is now of type |
| 'const char * const *'. You no longer need to cast |
| read-only strings to 'char *' when constructing this |
| argument. |
| pipe-filter-ii The prog_argv argument of the |
| 'pipe_filter_ii_execute' function is now of type |
| 'const char * const *'. You no longer need to cast |
| read-only strings to 'char *' when constructing this |
| argument. |
| javaexec The prog_argv argument of the 'execute_fn' function |
| type is now of type 'const char * const *'. Update |
| the signature of all your implementations of this |
| type. |
| csharpexec The prog_argv argument of the 'execute_fn' function |
| type is now of type 'const char * const *'. Update |
| the signature of all your implementations of this |
| type. |
|
|
| 2020-12-02 spawn-pipe The functions 'create_pipe_out', 'create_pipe_in', |
| 'create_pipe_bidi' now take a 4th argument |
| 'const char *directory'. To maintain the previous |
| behaviour, insert NULL as additional 4th argument. |
|
|
| 2020-12-02 execute The function 'execute' now takes a 4th argument |
| 'const char *directory'. To maintain the previous |
| behaviour, insert NULL as additional 4th argument. |
|
|
| 2020-10-16 hash This module deprecates the 'hash_delete' function |
| using gcc's "deprecated" attribute. Use the better- |
| named 'hash_remove' equivalent. |
| |
| 2020-08-24 diffseq If you do not define NOTE_ORDERED to true, |
| the NOTE_DELETE and NOTE_INSERT actions might |
| not be done in order, to help cut down worst-case |
| recursion stack space from O(N) to O(log N). |
| |
| 2020-08-01 libtextstyle-optional You now need to invoke |
| gl_LIBTEXTSTYLE_OPTIONAL explicitly, because |
| this macro now takes an optional |
| MINIMUM-VERSION argument. |
| |
| 2020-08-01 libtextstyle You now need to invoke gl_LIBTEXTSTYLE explicitly, |
| because this macro now takes an optional |
| MINIMUM-VERSION argument. |
| |
| 2020-06-27 clean-temp The functions open_temp, fopen_temp now take a |
| 'bool delete_on_close' argument. If in doubt, pass |
| false. |
| |
| 2020-06-27 tempname The link requirements of these modules are changed |
| mkdtemp from empty to $(LIB_GETRANDOM). |
| mkstemp |
| mkstemps |
| mkostemp |
| mkostemps |
| tmpfile |
| stdlib-safer |
| tmpfile-safer |
| clean-temp |
| javacomp $(LIB_GETRANDOM) was added to the link requirements |
| of this module. |
| |
| 2020-05-27 read-file The functions provided by this module now take an |
| 'int flags' argument to modify the file reading |
| behavior. The read_binary_file function has been |
| removed as it is no longer necessary. |
| |
| 2020-04-27 getdate This deprecated module is removed. Use the module |
| 'parse-datetime' instead. Instead of |
| #include "getdate.h" |
| write |
| #include "parse-datetime.h" |
| The function get_date is renamed to parse_datetime. |
| |
| 2020-04-27 realloc This deprecated module is removed. Use the module |
| 'realloc-gnu' instead. |
| |
| 2020-04-27 calloc This deprecated module is removed. Use the module |
| 'calloc-gnu' instead. |
| |
| 2020-04-27 malloc This deprecated module is removed. Use the module |
| 'malloc-gnu' instead. |
| |
| 2020-04-27 fnmatch-posix This deprecated module is removed. Use the module |
| 'fnmatch' instead. |
| |
| 2020-04-27 pipe This deprecated module is removed. Use the module |
| 'spawn-pipe' instead. Instead of |
| #include "pipe.h" |
| write |
| #include "spawn-pipe.h" |
| |
| 2020-04-27 getopt This deprecated module is removed. Please choose |
| among getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu |
| provides "long options" and "options with optional |
| arguments", getopt-posix doesn't. |
|
|
| 2020-04-27 rename-dest-slash This deprecated module is removed. Use the |
| module 'rename' instead. |
|
|
| 2020-04-27 unictype/bidicategory-* These deprecated modules are removed. Use |
| the modules unictype/bidiclass-* instead. |
|
|
| 2020-03-28 dosname On native Windows, OS/2, DOS, |
| IS_RELATIVE_FILE_NAME("c:") now returns false. |
|
|
| 2020-03-28 filename The macro IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH is deprecated. Use |
| IS_ABSOLUTE_FILE_NAME instead. |
| The macro IS_PATH_WITH_DIR is deprecated. Use |
| IS_FILE_NAME_WITH_DIR instead. |
|
|
| 2020-02-22 fchownat This module no longer defines the functions |
| 'chownat' and 'lchownat'. Program that need these |
| functions should add the module 'chownat' to the |
| list of imported modules. |
|
|
| 2020-02-22 fchmodat This module no longer defines the functions |
| 'chmodat' and 'lchmodat'. Program that need these |
| functions should add the module 'chmodat' to the |
| list of imported modules. |
|
|
| 2020-02-07 fchmodat When applied to non-symlinks, these now act like |
| lchmod chmod (the BSD behavior, which POSIX requires for |
| fchmodat + AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW), instead of failing |
| (the GNU/Linux behavior through glibc 2.31). |
| Future versions of GNU/Linux are planned to act as |
| per POSIX and BSD. |
|
|
| 2020-01-15 gc-pbkdf2-sha1 This module is deprecated. Use gc-pbkdf2 instead. |
|
|
| 2019-12-12 dfa Its API now uses ptrdiff_t instead of size_t. |
|
|
| 2019-12-11 dfa To call dfamust, one must now call dfaparse |
| without yet calling dfacomp. This fixes a bug |
| introduced on 2018-10-22 that broke dfamust. |
|
|
| 2019-12-07 xstrtol This module no longer defines the function |
| xstrtoll 'xstrtol_fatal'. Program that need this function |
| xstrtoimax should add the module 'xstrtol-error' to the list |
| xstrtoumax of imported modules. |
|
|
| 2019-05-90 verify verify_true (deprecated 2011-06-15) is removed. |
|
|
| 2019-03-16 fatal-signal The function that you pass to at_fatal_signal now |
| takes the signal as argument. |
|
|
| 2019-02-02 c-strtod This and related modules no longer define |
| the HAVE_C99_STRTOLD macro. Programs requiring |
| standard strtold should use the strtold module. |
|
|
| 2019-01-21 diacrit This module is deprecated. Please use the module |
| uninorm/canonical-decomposition instead. |
|
|
| 2018-10-23 backupfile backup_file_rename and find_backup_file_name |
| now take an additional directory file descriptor |
| argument. Pass AT_FDCWD to get the old behavior. |
|
|
| 2018-08-18 getpass The include file is changed from "getpass.h" to |
| getpass-gnu <unistd.h>. |
|
|
| 2018-07-17 hard-locale m4/hard-locale.m4 and gl_HARD_LOCALE are removed. |
|
|
| 2018-07-05 renameat2 This module is renamed to 'renameatu' and all |
| its include files and functions are renamed |
| accordingly. |
|
|
| 2017-12-30 chdir-safer This module is removed. It was deprecated |
| on 2006-07-17. |
|
|
| 2017-11-24 posixtm Previously, callers had to specify either |
| PDS_LEADING_YEAR or PDS_TRAILING_YEAR (but |
| not both). Now, callers should specify |
| only PDS_TRAILING_YEAR; leading years are |
| requested by not specifying PDS_TRAILING_YEAR. |
|
|
| 2017-08-14 fcntl-h This module now defaults O_CLOEXEC to a nonzero |
| value instead of to 0, as the 'open' and |
| 'openat' modules now emulate O_CLOEXEC. |
|
|
| 2017-07-23 strftime This module is renamed to 'nstrftime'. |
|
|
| 2017-05-19 closeout close_stdout longer closes stderr when addresses |
| are being sanitized, as the sanitizer outputs to |
| stderr afterwards. |
|
|
| 2017-02-16 binary-io On MS-DOS and OS/2, set_binary_mode now fails |
| on ttys, and sets errno == EINVAL. |
|
|
| 2017-01-20 parse-datetime The parse_datetime2 function now takes two |
| more arguments TZ and TZSTRING, for the |
| time zone and its name. |
|
|
| 2017-01-16 host-cpu-c-abi On ARM platforms, HOST_CPU_C_ABI is now set to |
| 'arm' or 'armhf' instead of 'armel'. |
|
|
| 2017-01-15 localeinfo Change case_folded_counterparts's first arg's type |
| from wchar_t to wint_t, so it now accepts WEOF. |
|
|
| 2016-12-17 getlogin The link requirements of these modules are changed |
| getlogin_r from empty to $(LIB_GETLOGIN). |
|
|
| 2016-12-13 dfa Remove DFA_CASE_FOLD flag. Now based on RE_ICASE. |
|
|
| 2016-11-17 unistr/u32-strmblen The function u32_strmblen can now return -1. |
| 2016-11-17 unistr/u32-strmbtouc The function u32_strmbtouc can now return -1. |
|
|
| 2016-08-17 stdbool This no longer supports _Bool for C++. |
| Programs intended to be portable to C++ |
| compilers should use plain 'bool' instead. |
|
|
| 2016-04-12 intprops The following macros were removed: |
| TYPE_TWOS_COMPLEMENT TYPE_ONES_COMPLEMENT |
| TYPE_SIGNED_MAGNITUDE |
|
|
| 2015-09-25 c-ctype The following macros were removed: |
| C_CTYPE_CONSECUTIVE_DIGITS |
| C_CTYPE_CONSECUTIVE_LOWERCASE |
| C_CTYPE_CONSECUTIVE_UPPERCASE |
|
|
| 2015-09-22 savewd SAVEWD_CHDIR_READABLE constant removed. |
|
|
| 2015-07-24 fprintftime Exported functions' time zone arguments are now of |
| strftime type timezone_t (with NULL denoting UTC) instead of |
| type int (with nonzero denoting UTC). These |
| modules now depend on time_rz. |
| |
| 2015-04-24 acl This module no longer defines file_has_acl. |
| Use the new file-has-acl module for that. |
| Using only the latter module makes for fewer |
| link-time dependencies on GNU/Linux. |
| |
| 2015-04-15 acl If your project only uses the file_has_acl() |
| detection routine, then the requirements are |
| potentially reduced by using $LIB_HAS_ACL rather |
| than $LIB_ACL. |
| |
| 2015-04-03 hash hash_insert0 function removed (deprecated in 2011). |
| |
| 2014-10-29 obstack The obstack functions are no longer limited to |
| int sizes; size values are now of type size_t. |
| This changes both the ABI and the API. |
| obstack_blank no longer accepts a negative size to |
| shrink the current object; callers must now use |
| obstack_blank_fast with a "negative" (actually, |
| large positive) size for that. |
| |
| 2014-02-23 diffseq The members too_expensive, lo_minimal and hi_minimal |
| were removed from public structures, and the |
| find_minimal argument was removed from diag |
| and compareseq. |
| |
| 2014-02-11 savedir The savedir and streamsavedir functions have a |
| new argument specifying how to sort the result. |
| The fdsavedir function is removed. |
| |
| 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 <unistd.h>. |
|
|
| 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 |
| dirname-lgpl following symbols into <config.h>: 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| |
|
|
| 2010-04-02 maintainer-makefile |
| The macro _prohibit_regexp has been revamped into |
| a new macro _sc_search_regexp; custom syntax |
| checks in your cfg.mk will need to be rewritten. |
|
|
| 2010-03-28 lib-ignore This module now provides a variable |
| IGNORE_UNUSED_LIBRARIES_CFLAGS that you should |
| add to LDFLAGS (when linking C programs only) or |
| CFLAGS yourself. It is no longer added to LDFLAGS |
| automatically. |
|
|
| 2010-03-18 pty This module now only declares the pty.h header. |
| Use the new modules 'forkpty' or 'openpty' to |
| get the functions that were previously provided. |
|
|
| 2010-03-05 exit This module is deprecated, use 'stdlib' directly |
| instead. It will be removed 2011-01-01. |
|
|
| 2009-12-13 sublist The module does not define functions any more that |
| call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. Use |
| module 'xsublist' and include file "gl_xsublist.h" |
| instead. |
|
|
| 2009-12-13 list The module does not define functions any more that |
| call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. |
| Use module 'xlist' and include file "gl_xlist.h" |
| instead. |
|
|
| 2009-12-13 oset The module does not define functions any more that |
| call xalloc_die() in out-of-memory situations. |
| Use module 'xoset' and include file "gl_xoset.h" |
| instead. |
|
|
| 2009-12-10 * Most source code files have been converted to |
| indentation by spaces (rather than tabs). Patches |
| of gnulib source code needs to be updated. |
|
|
| 2009-12-09 link-warning The Makefile rules that use $(LINK_WARNING_H) now |
| must contain an explicit dependency on |
| $(LINK_WARNING_H). |
|
|
| 2009-11-12 getgroups These functions now use a signature of gid_t, |
| getugroups rather than GETGROUPS_T. This probably has no |
| effect except on very old platforms. |
|
|
| 2009-11-04 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional |
| 'suffixlen' argument. You can safely pass 0. |
|
|
| 2009-11-04 nproc The num_processors function now takes an argument. |
|
|
| 2009-11-02 inet_pton The use of this module now requires linking with |
| $(INET_PTON_LIB). |
|
|
| 2009-11-02 inet_ntop The use of this module now requires linking with |
| $(INET_NTOP_LIB). |
|
|
| 2009-10-10 utimens The use of this module now requires linking with |
| $(LIB_CLOCK_GETTIME). |
|
|
| 2009-09-16 canonicalize-lgpl |
| The include file is changed from "canonicalize.h" |
| to <stdlib.h>. |
|
|
| 2009-09-04 link-follow The macro LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK is now tri-state, |
| rather than only defined to 1. |
|
|
| 2009-09-03 openat The include files are standardized to POSIX 2008. |
| For openat, include <fcntl.h>; for |
| fchmodat, fstatat, and mkdirat, include |
| <sys/stat.h>; for fchownat and unlinkat, |
| include <unistd.h>. For all other |
| functions provided by this module, |
| continue to include "openat.h". |
|
|
| 2009-08-30 striconveh The functions mem_cd_iconveh and str_cd_iconveh |
| now take an 'iconveh_t *' argument instead of three |
| iconv_t arguments. |
|
|
| 2009-08-23 tempname The gen_tempname function takes an additional |
| 'flags' argument. You can safely pass 0. |
|
|
| 2009-08-12 getopt This module is deprecated. Please choose among |
| getopt-posix and getopt-gnu. getopt-gnu provides |
| "long options" and "options with optional |
| arguments", getopt-posix doesn't. |
| |
| 2009-06-25 fpurge The include file is changed from "fpurge.h" to |
| <stdio.h>. |
| |
| 2009-04-26 uniconv/u8-conv-from-enc |
| uniconv/u16-conv-from-enc |
| uniconv/u32-conv-from-enc |
| The calling convention of the functions |
| u*_conv_from_encoding is changed. |
| |
| 2009-04-26 uniconv/u8-conv-to-enc |
| uniconv/u16-conv-to-enc |
| uniconv/u32-conv-to-enc |
| The calling convention of the functions |
| u*_conv_to_encoding is changed. |
| |
| 2009-04-24 maintainer-makefile |
| The maint.mk file was copied from |
| coreutils, and the old |
| coverage/gettext/indent rules were |
| re-added. If you used 'make syntax-check' |
| this will add several new checks. If some |
| new check is annoying, add the name of the |
| checks to 'local-checks-to-skip' in your |
| cfg.mk. |
| |
| 2009-04-01 visibility Renamed to lib-symbol-visibility. |
| |
| 2009-04-01 ld-version-script Renamed to lib-symbol-versions. |
| |
| 2009-03-20 close The substituted variable LIB_CLOSE is removed. |
| |
| 2009-03-05 filevercmp Move hidden files up in ordering. |
| |
| 2009-01-22 c-strtod This function no longer calls xalloc_die(). If |
| c-strtold you want to exit the program in case of out-of- |
| memory, the calling function needs to arrange |
| for it, like this: |
| errno = 0; |
| val = c_strtod (...); |
| if (val == 0 && errno == ENOMEM) |
| xalloc_die (); |
| |
| 2009-01-17 relocatable-prog In the Makefile.am or Makefile.in, you now also |
| need to set RELOCATABLE_STRIP = :. |
| |
| 2008-12-22 getaddrinfo When using this module, you now need to link with |
| canon-host $(GETADDRINFO_LIB). |
| |
| 2008-12-21 mbiter The header files "mbiter.h", "mbuiter.h", |
| mbuiter "mbfile.h" can now be included without checking |
| mbfile HAVE_MBRTOWC. The macro HAVE_MBRTOWC will no |
| longer be defined by these modules in a year. If |
| you want to continue to use it, you need to invoke |
| AC_FUNC_MBRTOWC yourself. |
| |
| 2008-11-11 warnings This module subsumes the file m4/warning.m4 which |
| was removed. |
| |
| 2008-10-20 lstat The include file is changed from "lstat.h" to |
| <sys/stat.h>. |
| |
| 2008-10-20 getaddrinfo The include file is changed from "getaddrinfo.h" |
| to <netdb.h>. |
| |
| 2008-10-19 isnanf The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" to |
| <math.h>. |
| isnand The include file is changed from "isnand.h" to |
| <math.h>. |
| isnanl The include file is changed from "isnanl.h" to |
| <math.h>. |
| |
| 2008-10-18 lchmod The include file is changed from "lchmod.h" to |
| <sys/stat.h>. |
| |
| 2008-10-18 dirfd The include file is changed from "dirfd.h" to |
| <dirent.h>. |
| |
| 2008-10-18 euidaccess The include file is changed from "euidaccess.h" |
| to <unistd.h>. |
| |
| 2008-10-18 getdomainname The include file is changed from "getdomainname.h" |
| to <unistd.h>. |
| |
| 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, |
| was removed. sys_select now includes a select |
| wrapper for Winsock. The wrapper expects socket |
| and file descriptors to be compatible as arranged |
| by the sys_socket on MinGW. |
| |
| 2008-09-23 sys_socket Under Windows (MinGW), the module now adds |
| wrappers around Winsock functions, so that |
| socket descriptors are now compatible with |
| file descriptors. In general, this change |
| will simply improve your code's portability |
| between POSIX platforms and Windows. In |
| particular, you will be able to use ioctl and |
| close instead of ioctlsocket and closesocket, |
| and test errno instead of WSAGetLastError (). |
| On the other hand, you have to audit your code to |
| remove usage of these Winsock-specific functions. |
|
|
| This change does not remove the need to call |
| the gl_sockets_startup function from the sockets |
| gnulib module. Also, for now select is disabled |
| when you include the sys_socket module; while |
| the functionality will be restored soon, for |
| efficiency it is suggested to use the poll system |
| poll system call and gnulib module instead. |
|
|
| 2008-09-13 EOVERFLOW The module is removed. Use module errno instead. |
|
|
| 2008-09-01 filename The module does not define the function |
| concatenated_filename any more. To get an |
| equivalent function, use function |
| xconcatenated_filename from module |
| 'xconcat-filename'. |
|
|
| 2008-08-31 havelib On Solaris, when searching for 64-bit mode |
| libraries the directory $prefix/lib is now ignored. |
| Instead the directory $prefix/lib/64 is searched. |
| You may need to create a symbolic link for |
| $prefix/lib/64 if you have 64-bit libraries |
| installed in $prefix/lib. |
|
|
| 2008-08-19 strverscmp The include file is changed from "strverscmp.h" |
| to <string.h>. |
|
|
| 2008-08-14 lock The include file is changed from "lock.h" |
| to "glthread/lock.h". |
| tls The include file is changed from "tls.h" |
| to "glthread/tls.h". |
|
|
| 2008-07-17 c-stack The module now requires the addition of |
| $(LIBCSTACK) or $(LTLIBCSTACK) in Makefile.am, |
| since it may depend on linking with libsigsegv. |
|
|
| 2008-07-07 isnanf-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnanf.h" |
| to "isnanf-nolibm.h". |
| isnand-nolibm The include file is changed from "isnand.h" |
| to "isnand-nolibm.h". |
|
|
| 2008-06-10 execute The execute function takes an additional termsigp |
| argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok. |
| wait-process The wait_subprocess function takes an additional |
| termsigp argument. Passing termsigp = NULL is ok. |
|
|
| 2008-05-10 linebreak The module is split into several modules unilbrk |
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