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| author | Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org> | 2008-09-23 15:26:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org> | 2008-09-23 15:27:19 +0200 |
| commit | 4849ed6084cd5ecd48fd57e3133d5978a5268edc (patch) | |
| tree | 1ead4c045c9883ca7e4b050b5f736de21828f9c9 /NEWS | |
| parent | 09d1d202eabd3ca07faea5c3153cfcf5b93cb76c (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-4849ed6084cd5ecd48fd57e3133d5978a5268edc.tar.gz | |
update NEWS for previous change
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@@ -6,6 +6,26 @@ User visible incompatible changes Date Modules Changes +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 |