CHANGES.md

   1 CHANGES - 2.2.5 - 2017-08-31
   2 ============================
   3
   4 CHANGES IN CUPS V2.2.5
   5 ----------------------
   6
   7 - The scheduler's `-t` option did not force all errors to the standard error
   8   file, making debugging of configuration problems hard (Issue #5041)
   9 - Fixed a typo in the CUPS Programming Manual (Issue #5042)
  10 - Fixed RPM packaging issue (Issue #5043, Issue #5044)
  11 - The `cupsGetDests` function incorrectly returned an empty list of printers if
  12   there was no default printer (Issue #5046)
  13 - The `cupsGetDests` function waited too long for network printers (Issue #5049)
  14 - Libtool support was completely broken with current libtool versions that use
  15   an incompatible command-line syntax (Issue #5050)
  16 - Fixed a build issue with `--enable-mallinfo` (Issue #5051)
  17 - The ippserver test program contained a deadlock issue (Issue #5054)
  18 - The `cupsLocalizeDest*` functions did not provide base localizations for
  19   all registered IPP attributes and values (Issue #5056)
  20 - The --enable-libtool configure option requires a path to the libtool program,
  21   but doesn't document or check for it (Issue #5062)
  22 - Fixed the `SSLOptions DenyCBC` option when using GNU TLS (Issue #5065)
  23 - Fixed the `ServerTokens None` option (Issue #5065)
  24 - Fixed the default `ServerAlias` value from `ServerName` (Issue #5072)
  25 - Fixed the adminurl field in the TXT record for fully-qualified `ServerName`
  26   values (Issue #5074)
  27 - The scheduler now creates a PID file when not running on demand with a modern
  28   service launcher (Issue #5080)
  29 - The web interface did not support newer language identifiers used by Microsoft
  30   web browsers (Issue #5803)
  31 - Updated the cups-files.conf and cupsd.conf file documentation for missing
  32   directives (Issue #5084)
  33 - Fixed an Avahi-related crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5085, Issue #5086)
  34 - Fixed the interactions between the "print-quality" and "cupsPrintQuality"
  35   options (Issue #5090)
  36 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator now sorts the supported resolutions before
  37   choosing them for draft, normal, and best quality modes (Issue #5091)
  38 - Fixed the localization unit test on Linux (Issue #5097)
  39 - The CUPS library did not reuse domain sockets (Issue #5098)
  40 - The scheduler woke up once per second to remove old temporary queues
  41   (Issue #5100)
  42 - Added USB quirk rule for Kyocera printer (Issue #5102, Issue #5103)
  43 - Re-documented the limits of `file:///...` device URIs and moved the FileDevice
  44   directive in `cups-files.conf` to the list of deprecated configuration
  45   directives (Issue #5117)
  46 - `httpAddrConnect` leaked sockets in certain circumstances, causing some
  47   printers to hang (rdar://31965686)
  48 - Fixed an issue with Chinese localizations on macOS (rdar://32419311)
  49 - The IPP backend now always sends the "finishings" attribute for printers that
  50   support it because otherwise the client cannot override printer defaults
  51   (rdar://33169732)
  52 - The `cupsGetNamedDest` function did not use the local default printer
  53   (rdar://33228500)
  54 - The IPP backend incorrectly sent the "job-pages-per-set" attribute to PDF
  55   printers (rdar://33250434)
  56 - Fixed the `cups.strings` file that is used on macOS (rdar://33287650)
  57 - CUPS now sends the `Date` HTTP header in IPP requests (rdar://33302034)
  58 - The `ippCopyAttribute` function did not copy out-of-band values correctly
  59   (rdar://33688003)
  60 - Fixed the localization fallback code on macOS (rdar://33583699)
  61 - The `ipptool` program now offers an option to validate response headers.
  62 - The `ipptool` program's `-P` option did not work correctly.
  63 - The `ipptool` program did not compare URI scheme or hostname components
  64   correctly for the WITH-ALL-HOSTNAMES, WITH-ALL-SCHEMES, WITH-HOSTNAME, or
  65   WITH-SCHEME predicates.
  66
  67
  68 CHANGES IN CUPS V2.2.4
  69 ----------------------
  70
  71 - The scheduler did not remove old job files (Issue #4987)
  72 - cupsEnumDests did not return early when all printers had been discovered
  73   (Issue #4989)
  74 - The CUPS build system now supports cross-compilation (Issue #4897)
  75 - Added a new CUPS Programming Manual to replace the aging API documentation.
  76 - Added the `cupsAddIntegerOption` and `cupsGetIntegerOption` functions
  77   (Issue #4992)
  78 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsCreateJob` functions now support Bonjour printers
  79   (Issue #4993)
  80 - Added a USB quirk rule for Lexmark E260dn printers (Issue #4994)
  81 - Fixed a potential buffer overflow in the `cupstestppd` utility (Issue #4996)
  82 - IPP Everywhere improvements (Issue #4998)
  83 - Fixed the "cancel all jobs" function in the web interface for several
  84   languages (Issue #4999)
  85 - Fixed issues with local queues (Issue #5003, Issue #5008, Issue #5009)
  86 - The `lpstat` command now supports a `-e` option to enumerate local printers
  87   (either previously added or on the network) that can be accessed
  88   (Issue #5005)
  89 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now support printing to network printers that
  90   haven't yet been added (Issue #5006)
  91 - Fixed a typo in the mime.types file.
  92 - Fixed a bug in the Spanish web interface template (Issue #5016)
  93 - The `cupsEnumDests*` and `cupsGetDest*` functions now report the value of the
  94   "printer-is-temporary" Printer Status attribute (Issue #5028)
  95 - Added Chinese localization (Issue #5029)
  96 - The `cupsCheckDestSupported` function did not support `NULL` values
  97   (Issue #5031)
  98 - Fixed some issues in the RPM spec file (Issue #5032)
  99 - The `cupsConnectDest` function now supports the `CUPS_DEST_FLAGS_DEVICE` flag
 100   for explicitly connecting to the device (printer) associated with the
 101   destination.
 102 - The `SSLOptions` directive in "client.conf" and "cupsd.conf" now supports
 103   `DenyCBC` and `DenyTLS1.0` options (Issue #5037)
 104
 105
 106 CHANGES IN CUPS V2.2.3
 107 ----------------------
 108
 109 - The IPP backend could get into an infinite loop for certain errors, causing a
 110   hung queue (<rdar://problem/28008717>)
 111 - The scheduler could pause responding to client requests in order to save state
 112   changes to disk (<rdar://problem/28690656>)
 113 - Added support for PPD finishing keywords (Issue #4960, Issue #4961,
 114   Issue #4962)
 115 - The IPP backend did not send a media-col attribute for just the source or type
 116   (Issue #4963)
 117 - IPP Everywhere print queues did not always support all print qualities
 118   supported by the printer (Issue #4953)
 119 - IPP Everywhere print queues did not always support all media types supported
 120   by the printer (Issue #4953)
 121 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not return useful error messages
 122   (Issue #4954)
 123 - The IPP Everywhere finishings support did not work correctly with common UI or
 124   command-line options (Issue #4976)
 125 - Fixed an error handling issue for the network backends (Issue #4979)
 126 - The default cupsd.conf file did not work on systems compiled without Kerberos
 127   support (Issue #4947)
 128 - The "reprint job" option was not available for some canceled jobs
 129   (Issue #4915)
 130 - Updated the job listing in the web interface (Issue #4978)
 131 - Fixed some localization issues on macOS (<rdar://problem/27245567>)
 132
 133
 134 CHANGES IN CUPS V2.2.2
 135 ----------------------
 136
 137 - Fixed some issues with the Zebra ZPL printer driver (Issue #4898)
 138 - Fixed some issues with IPP Everywhere printer support (Issue #4893,
 139   Issue #4909, Issue #4916, Issue #4921, Issue #4923, Issue #4932, Issue #4933,
 140   Issue #4938)
 141 - The rastertopwg filter could crash with certain input (Issue #4942)
 142 - Optimized connection usage in the IPP backend (<rdar://problem/29547323>)
 143 - The scheduler did not detect when an encrypted connection was closed by the
 144   client on Linux (Issue #4901)
 145 - The cups-lpd program did not catch all legacy usage of ISO-8859-1
 146   (Issue #4899)
 147 - Fixed builds on systems without a working poll() implementation (Issue #4905)
 148 - Added a USB quirk rule for the Kyocera Ecosys P6026cdn (Issue #4900)
 149 - The scheduler no longer creates log files on startup
 150   (<rdar://problem/28332470>)
 151 - The ippContainsString function now uses case-insensitive comparisons for
 152   mimeMediaType, name, and text values in conformance with RFC 2911.
 153 - The network backends now log the addresses that were found for a printer
 154   (<rdar://problem/29268474>)
 155 - Let's Encrypt certificates did not work when the hostname contained uppercase
 156   letters (Issue #4919)
 157 - Fixed reporting of printed pages in the web interface (Issue #4924)
 158 - Updated systemd config files (Issue #4935)
 159 - Updated documentation (PR #4896)
 160 - Updated localizations (PR #4894, PR #4895, PR #4904, PR #4908, Issue #4946)
 161 - Updated packaging files (Issue #4940)
 162
 163
 164 CHANGES IN CUPS V2.2.1
 165 ----------------------
 166
 167 - Added "CreateSelfSignedCerts" directive for cups-files.conf to control whether
 168   the scheduler automatically creates its own self-signed X.509 certificates for
 169   TLS connections (Issue #4876)
 170 - http*Connect did not handle partial failures (Issue #4870)
 171 - Addressed some build warnings on Linux (Issue #4881)
 172 - cupsHashData did not use the correct hashing algorithm
 173   (<rdar://problem/28209220>)
 174 - Updated man pages (PR #4885)
 175 - Updated localizations (PR #4877, PR #4886)
 176
 177
 178 CHANGES IN CUPS V2.2.0
 179 ----------------------
 180
 181 - Normalized the TLS certificate validation code and added additional error
 182   messages to aid troubleshooting.
 183 - The httpConnect functions did not work on Linux when cupsd was not running
 184   (Issue #4870)
 185 - The --no-remote-any option of cupsctl had no effect (Issue #4866)
 186 - http*Connect did not return early when all addresses failed (Issue #4870)
 187
 188
 189 CHANGES IN CUPS V2.2rc1
 190 -----------------------
 191
 192 - Updated the list of supported IPP Everywhere media types.
 193 - The IPP backend did not validate TLS credentials properly.
 194 - The printer-state-message attribute was not cleared after a print job with no
 195   errors (Issue #4851)
 196 - The CUPS-Add-Modify-Class and CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer operations did not
 197   always return an error for failed adds (Issue #4854)
 198 - PPD files with names longer than 127 bytes did not work (Issue #4860)
 199 - Updated localizations (Issue #4846, PR #4858)
 200
 201
 202 CHANGES IN CUPS V2.2b2
 203 ----------------------
 204
 205 - Added Upstart support (PR #4825)
 206 - CUPS now supports Let's Encrypt certificates on Linux.
 207
 208
 209 CHANGES IN CUPS V2.2b1
 210 ----------------------
 211
 212 - All CUPS commands now support POSIX options (Issue #4813)
 213 - The scheduler now restarts faster (Issue #4760)
 214 - Improved performance of web interface with large numbers of jobs (Issue #3819)
 215 - Encrypted printing can now be limited to only trusted printers and servers
 216   (<rdar://problem/25711658>)
 217 - The scheduler now advertises PWG Raster attributes for IPP Everywhere clients
 218   (Issue #4428)
 219 - The scheduler now logs informational messages for jobs at LogLevel "info"
 220   (Issue #4815)
 221 - The scheduler now uses the getgrouplist function when available (Issue #4611)
 222 - The IPP backend no longer enables compression by default except for certain
 223   raster formats that generally benefit from it (<rdar://problem/25166952>)
 224 - The scheduler did not handle out-of-disk situations gracefully (Issue #4742)
 225 - The LPD mini-daemon now detects invalid UTF-8 sequences in job, document, and
 226   user names (Issue #4748)
 227 - The IPP backend now continues on to the next job when the remote server/
 228   printer puts the job on hold (<rdar://problem/24858548>)
 229 - The scheduler did not cancel multi-document jobs immediately
 230   (<rdar://problem/24854834>)
 231 - The scheduler did not return non-shared printers to local clients unless they
 232   connected to the domain socket (<rdar://problem/24566996>)
 233 - The scheduler now reads the spool directory if one or more job cache entries
 234   point to deleted jobs (<rdar://problem/24048846>)
 235 - Added support for disc media sizes (<rdar://problem/20219536>)
 236 - The httpAddrConnect and httpConnect* APIs now try connecting to multiple
 237   addresses in parallel (<rdar://problem/20643153>)
 238 - The cupsd domain socket is no longer world-accessible on macOS
 239   (<rdar://problem/7542560>)
 240 - Interface scripts are no longer supported for security reasons
 241   (<rdar://problem/23135640>)
 242 - Added a new cupsHashData API and support for hashed job passwords
 243   (<rdar://problem/20221502>)
 244 - Localization fixes (<rdar://problem/25292403>, <rdar://problem/25461517>,
 245   Issue #4041, Issue #4796)
 246 - Documentation changes (Issue #4624, Issue #4781)
 247 - Packaging fixes (PR #4832)