Now that the 'free' module deals only with the errno issue, that is, with a
difference between the ISO C and the (future) POSIX standards, a better name
is 'free-posix'. Just like we have modules
fprintf-posix
system-posix
(without having modules 'fprintf' and 'system').
2020-12-18 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
free-posix: New module, renamed from 'free'.
* modules/free-posix: Renamed from modules/free.
(configure.ac): Update gl_STDLIB_MODULE_INDICATOR invocation.
* m4/stdlib_h.m4 (gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS): Initialize GNULIB_FREE_POSIX,
not GNULIB_FREE.
* modules/stdlib (Makefile.am): Substitute GNULIB_FREE_POSIX, not
GNULIB_FREE.
* lib/stdlib.in.h (free): Test GNULIB_FREE_POSIX, not GNULIB_FREE.
* doc/posix-functions/free.texi: Mention the module 'free-posix' and
what it does.
* NEWS: Mention that module 'free' no longer exists.
* modules/canonicalize (Depends-on): Add free-posix. Remove free.
* modules/canonicalize-lgpl (Depends-on): Likewise.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 09d1987..7679be0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ User visible incompatible changes
Date Modules Changes
+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
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/free.texi b/doc/posix-functions/free.texi
index 1c397d1..a7ceec1 100644
--- a/doc/posix-functions/free.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/free.texi
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
POSIX specification:@*
@url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/free.html}
-Gnulib module: free
+Gnulib module: free-posix
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
+@item
+This function may clobber @code{errno} on many platforms.
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
diff --git a/lib/stdlib.in.h b/lib/stdlib.in.h
index a512459..1964443 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib.in.h
+++ b/lib/stdlib.in.h
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ _GL_CXXALIAS_SYS (fcvt, char *,
_GL_CXXALIASWARN (fcvt);
#endif
-#if @GNULIB_FREE@
+#if @GNULIB_FREE_POSIX@
# if @REPLACE_FREE@
# if !(defined __cplusplus && defined GNULIB_NAMESPACE)
# undef free
diff --git a/m4/stdlib_h.m4 b/m4/stdlib_h.m4
index 6b519c4..7e03b9a 100644
--- a/m4/stdlib_h.m4
+++ b/m4/stdlib_h.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# stdlib_h.m4 serial 53
+# stdlib_h.m4 serial 54
dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS],
GNULIB_ATOLL=0; AC_SUBST([GNULIB_ATOLL])
GNULIB_CALLOC_POSIX=0; AC_SUBST([GNULIB_CALLOC_POSIX])
GNULIB_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME=0; AC_SUBST([GNULIB_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME])
- GNULIB_FREE=0; AC_SUBST([GNULIB_FREE])
+ GNULIB_FREE_POSIX=0; AC_SUBST([GNULIB_FREE_POSIX])
GNULIB_GETLOADAVG=0; AC_SUBST([GNULIB_GETLOADAVG])
GNULIB_GETSUBOPT=0; AC_SUBST([GNULIB_GETSUBOPT])
GNULIB_GRANTPT=0; AC_SUBST([GNULIB_GRANTPT])
diff --git a/modules/canonicalize b/modules/canonicalize
index 4853cf9..e1b7607 100644
--- a/modules/canonicalize
+++ b/modules/canonicalize
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ errno
extensions
file-set
filename
-free
+free-posix
getcwd
hash-triple-simple
idx
diff --git a/modules/canonicalize-lgpl b/modules/canonicalize-lgpl
index d4dfcc9..e94a898 100644
--- a/modules/canonicalize-lgpl
+++ b/modules/canonicalize-lgpl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ nocrash
double-slash-root [test $HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 0 || test
$REPLACE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 1]
errno [test $HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 0 || test
$REPLACE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 1]
filename [test $HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 0 || test
$REPLACE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 1]
-free [test $HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 0 || test
$REPLACE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 1]
+free-posix [test $HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 0 || test
$REPLACE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 1]
idx [test $HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 0 || test
$REPLACE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 1]
libc-config [test $HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 0 || test
$REPLACE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 1]
malloc-posix [test $HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 0 || test
$REPLACE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME = 1]
diff --git a/modules/free b/modules/free-posix
similarity index 87%
rename from modules/free
rename to modules/free-posix
index 29ec637..f48e388 100644
--- a/modules/free
+++ b/modules/free-posix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if test $REPLACE_FREE = 1; then
AC_LIBOBJ([free])
gl_PREREQ_FREE
fi
-gl_STDLIB_MODULE_INDICATOR([free])
+gl_STDLIB_MODULE_INDICATOR([free-posix])
Makefile.am:
diff --git a/modules/stdlib b/modules/stdlib
index 1daa0f9..68583f8 100644
--- a/modules/stdlib
+++ b/modules/stdlib
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stdlib.h: stdlib.in.h $(top_builddir)/config.status
$(CXXDEFS_H) \
-e 's/@''GNULIB_ATOLL''@/$(GNULIB_ATOLL)/g' \
-e 's/@''GNULIB_CALLOC_POSIX''@/$(GNULIB_CALLOC_POSIX)/g' \
-e
's/@''GNULIB_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME''@/$(GNULIB_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME)/g' \
- -e 's/@''GNULIB_FREE''@/$(GNULIB_FREE)/g' \
+ -e 's/@''GNULIB_FREE_POSIX''@/$(GNULIB_FREE_POSIX)/g' \
-e 's/@''GNULIB_GETLOADAVG''@/$(GNULIB_GETLOADAVG)/g' \
-e 's/@''GNULIB_GETSUBOPT''@/$(GNULIB_GETSUBOPT)/g' \
-e 's/@''GNULIB_GRANTPT''@/$(GNULIB_GRANTPT)/g' \
