CHANGES.txt

   1 CHANGES.txt - 1.7.0 - 2013-07-23
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   3
   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.0
   5
   6         - Added an Italian localization (<rdar://problem/14481578>)
   7         - Fixed a compile issue on 64-bit Linux with Clang - need to use the
   8           -pie option instead of -Wl,-pie now (<rdar://problem/14480938>)
   9         - The ippfind utility reported the wrong port numbers when compiled
  10           against Avahi (<rdar://problem/14508324>)
  11         - httpGetFd, httpGetFile, httpPutFd, and httpPutFile did not
  12           automatically reconnect if the server closed the connecion after the
  13           previous response.
  14         - Fixed a compile error in libcups (<rdar://problem/14467141>)
  15         - The scheduler incorrectly did not pass a FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  16           environment variable to the filters or backend
  17           (<rdar://problem/14355011>)
  18         - The cups-exec helper program could fail randomly on OS X due to
  19           sandbox violations when closing excess file descriptors
  20           (<rdar://problem/14421943>)
  21         - The scheduler incorrectly did not use the kqueue interface on OS X.
  22
  23
  24 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7rc1
  25
  26         - Printer xxx-default values were not reported by Get-Printer-Attributes
  27           or lpoptions (<rdar://problem/14401795>)
  28         - Fixed deprecation warnings for many functions on OS X so they are tied
  29           to the deployment version when building (<rdar://problem/14210079>)
  30         - Fixed a build issue on ARM-based Linux systems - unable to validate
  31           va_list arguments.
  32         - Added a new ippfind tool for finding IPP printers and other Bonjour
  33           services (<rdar://problem/13876199>)
  34         - Fixed some issues with conversion of PWG media size names to
  35           hundredths of millimeters (<rdar://problem/14065748>)
  36         - The IPP backend could crash on OS X when printing to a Kerberized
  37           printer (<rdar://problem/14040186>)
  38         - The ipptool program now automatically extends timeouts when the
  39           output buffer is filled (<rdar://problem/14016099>)
  40         - The ipptool program now supports the --help and --version options.
  41         - The ipptool program did not continue past include file errors by
  42           default (<rdar://problem/13875803>)
  43         - The ipptool program now supports FILE-ID and TEST-ID directives and
  44           includes their values in its XML output (<rdar://problem/13876038>)
  45         - The ipptool program now supports WITH-HOSTNAME, WITH-RESOURCE, and
  46           WITH-SCHEME expect predicates to compare the corresponding URI
  47           components (<rdar://problem/13876091>)
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  49
  50 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7b1
  51
  52         - The configure script now supports a --with-rundir option to change
  53           the transient run-time state directory from the default to other
  54           locations like /run/cups (STR #4306)
  55         - The scheduler now supports PPD lookups for classes (STR #4296)
  56         - The cupsfilter program did not set the FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  57           environment variable for filters.
  58         - Added a new "-x" option to the cancel command (STR #4103)
  59         - Made the PWG media handling APIs public (STR #4267)
  60         - Implemented ready media support for the cupsGetDestMediaXxx APIs
  61           (STR #4289)
  62         - Added new cupsFindDestDefault, cupsFindDestReady, and
  63           cupsFindDestSupported APIs (STR #4289)
  64         - Added new cupsGetDestMediaByIndex, cupsGetDestMediaCount, and
  65           cupsGetDestMediaDefault APIs (STR #4289)
  66         - Added new ippGet/SetOctetString APIs for getting and setting an
  67           octetString value (STR #4289)
  68         - Added new ippCreateRequestedArray API for generating a array of
  69           attributes from the requested-attributes attribute.
  70         - The ipptool utility now supports compression, conditional tests based
  71           on the presence of files, and new DEFINE predicates for STATUS.
  72         - Added new IPP APIs for checking values (STR #4167)
  73         - Added new IPP APis for adding and setting formatted strings.
  74         - Added new HTTP APIs to support basic server functionality via libcups.
  75         - The dnssd backend now generates a 1284 device ID as needed (STR #3702)
  76         - CUPS now supports compressing and decompressing streamed data
  77           (STR #4168)
  78         - CUPS now supports higher-level PIN printing, external accounting
  79           systems, and "print here" printing environments (STR #4169)
  80         - IRIX is no longer a supported operating system (STR #4092)
  81         - The PPD compiler now supports JCL options properly (STR #4115)
  82         - The web interface now checks whether the web browser has cookies
  83           enabled and displays a suitable error message (STR #4141)