CHANGES-1.7.txt

   1 CHANGES-1.7.txt
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   3
   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.2
   5
   6         - The IPP backend might not include all job attributes in Validate-Job
   7           operations (<rdar://problem/16025435>)
   8         - Fixed some clang-reported issues (<rdar://problem/15936066>)
   9
  10
  11 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.1
  12
  13         - Security: the lppasswd program incorrectly used settings from
  14           ~/.cups/client.conf (STR #4319)
  15         - Auto debug logging was broken in 1.7.0 (<rdar://problem/15331639>)
  16         - Some gzip'd PPD files could not be used (<rdar://problem/15386424>)
  17         - Cleaned up some job logging in the scheduler
  18           (<rdar://problem/15332672>)
  19         - ATTR messages could cause string pool memory corruption in the
  20           scheduler (<rdar://problem/15382819>)
  21         - The RPM spec file did not list the build requirements; this was on
  22           purpose, but now we are listing the Red Hat package names
  23           (<rdar://problem/15375760>, STR #4322)
  24         - Printing to a raw queue could result in corrupt output due to
  25           opportunistic compression (<rdar://problem/15008524>)
  26         - The GNU TLS support code triggered many compiler warnings due to the
  27           use of old GNU TLS compatibility type names
  28           (<rdar://problem/15392966>)
  29         - The "make check" test suite did not work on Linux without the
  30           cups-filters package installed (<rdar://problem/14292998>)
  31         - Japanese PPDs using with the Shift-JIS encoding did not work
  32           (<rdar://problem/15427759>)
  33         - "tel:" URIs incorrectly had slashes (<rdar://problem/15418463>)
  34         - The libusb-based USB backend incorrectly used write timeouts
  35           (<rdar://problem/15564888>)
  36         - Shared printers could become inaccessible after a few days on OS X
  37           (<rdar://problem/15426838>)
  38         - The IPP backend did not wait for a busy printer to become available
  39           before attempting to print (<rdar://problem/15465667>)
  40         - CUPS did not support "auto-monochrome" or "process-monochrome" for the
  41           "print-color-mode" option (<rdar://problem/15482520>)
  42         - Using "@IF(name)" in an Allow or Deny rule did not work (STR #4328)
  43         - lpq and lpstat did not list jobs in the correct order when priorities
  44           were specified (STR #4326)
  45         - The D-BUS notifier did not remove its lockfile (STR #4314)
  46         - CUPS incorrectly used the USER environment variable when the name did
  47           not match the user ID (STR #4327)
  48
  49
  50 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.0
  51
  52         - Updated the Japanese localization.
  53         - The lpadmin command did not send the PPD name from the "-m" option
  54           (<rdar://problem/15264697>)
  55         - Network backends now use the prtMarkerSuppliesClass property to
  56           determine the direction of supply level values
  57           (<rdar://problem/14302628>)
  58         - The scheduler did not remove backup PPD files when a printer was
  59           deleted (<rdar://problem/15065555>)
  60         - The scheduler incorrectly responded to HEAD requests when the web
  61           interface was disabled (<rdar://problem/15090332>)
  62         - The scheduler did not respond using the hostname specified by the
  63           client (<rdar://problem/14583574>)
  64         - Fax queues did not work when shared via Bonjour
  65           (<rdar://problem/14498310>)
  66         - Error messages from the scheduler were not localized using the
  67           language specified in the client's IPP request
  68           (<rdar://problem/14128011>)
  69         - Added an Italian localization (<rdar://problem/14481578>)
  70         - Fixed a couple memory leaks in ippfind that were reported by Clang.
  71         - Fixed a compile issue on 64-bit Linux with Clang - need to use the
  72           -pie option instead of -Wl,-pie now (<rdar://problem/14480938>)
  73         - The ippfind utility reported the wrong port numbers when compiled
  74           against Avahi (<rdar://problem/14508324>)
  75         - httpGetFd, httpGetFile, httpPutFd, and httpPutFile did not
  76           automatically reconnect if the server closed the connecion after the
  77           previous response.
  78         - Fixed a compile error in libcups (<rdar://problem/14467141>)
  79         - The scheduler incorrectly did not pass a FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
  80           environment variable to the filters or backend
  81           (<rdar://problem/14355011>)
  82         - The cups-exec helper program could fail randomly on OS X due to
  83           sandbox violations when closing excess file descriptors
  84           (<rdar://problem/14421943>)
  85         - The scheduler incorrectly did not use the kqueue interface on OS X.
  86
  87
  88 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7rc1
  89
  90         - Printer xxx-default values were not reported by Get-Printer-Attributes
  91           or lpoptions (<rdar://problem/14401795>)
  92         - Fixed deprecation warnings for many functions on OS X so they are tied
  93           to the deployment version when building (<rdar://problem/14210079>)
  94         - Fixed a build issue on ARM-based Linux systems - unable to validate
  95           va_list arguments.
  96         - Added a new ippfind tool for finding IPP printers and other Bonjour
  97           services (<rdar://problem/13876199>)
  98         - Fixed some issues with conversion of PWG media size names to
  99           hundredths of millimeters (<rdar://problem/14065748>)
 100         - The IPP backend could crash on OS X when printing to a Kerberized
 101           printer (<rdar://problem/14040186>)
 102         - The ipptool program now automatically extends timeouts when the
 103           output buffer is filled (<rdar://problem/14016099>)
 104         - The ipptool program now supports the --help and --version options.
 105         - The ipptool program did not continue past include file errors by
 106           default (<rdar://problem/13875803>)
 107         - The ipptool program now supports FILE-ID and TEST-ID directives and
 108           includes their values in its XML output (<rdar://problem/13876038>)
 109         - The ipptool program now supports WITH-HOSTNAME, WITH-RESOURCE, and
 110           WITH-SCHEME expect predicates to compare the corresponding URI
 111           components (<rdar://problem/13876091>)
 112
 113
 114 CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7b1
 115
 116         - The configure script now supports a --with-rundir option to change
 117           the transient run-time state directory from the default to other
 118           locations like /run/cups (STR #4306)
 119         - The scheduler now supports PPD lookups for classes (STR #4296)
 120         - The cupsfilter program did not set the FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE
 121           environment variable for filters.
 122         - Added a new "-x" option to the cancel command (STR #4103)
 123         - Made the PWG media handling APIs public (STR #4267)
 124         - Implemented ready media support for the cupsGetDestMediaXxx APIs
 125           (STR #4289)
 126         - Added new cupsFindDestDefault, cupsFindDestReady, and
 127           cupsFindDestSupported APIs (STR #4289)
 128         - Added new cupsGetDestMediaByIndex, cupsGetDestMediaCount, and
 129           cupsGetDestMediaDefault APIs (STR #4289)
 130         - Added new ippGet/SetOctetString APIs for getting and setting an
 131           octetString value (STR #4289)
 132         - Added new ippCreateRequestedArray API for generating a array of
 133           attributes from the requested-attributes attribute.
 134         - The ipptool utility now supports compression, conditional tests based
 135           on the presence of files, and new DEFINE predicates for STATUS.
 136         - Added new IPP APIs for checking values (STR #4167)
 137         - Added new IPP APis for adding and setting formatted strings.
 138         - Added new HTTP APIs to support basic server functionality via libcups.
 139         - The dnssd backend now generates a 1284 device ID as needed (STR #3702)
 140         - CUPS now supports compressing and decompressing streamed data
 141           (STR #4168)
 142         - CUPS now supports higher-level PIN printing, external accounting
 143           systems, and "print here" printing environments (STR #4169)
 144         - IRIX is no longer a supported operating system (STR #4092)
 145         - The PPD compiler now supports JCL options properly (STR #4115)
 146         - The web interface now checks whether the web browser has cookies
 147           enabled and displays a suitable error message (STR #4141)