CHANGES.md

   1 CHANGES - 2.2.9 - 2018-08-18
   2 ============================
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   4
   5 Changes in CUPS v2.2.9
   6 ----------------------
   7
   8 - Localization changes (Issue #5348)
   9 - The lpadmin command would create a non-working printer in some error cases
  10   (Issue #5305)
  11 - The scheduler would crash if an empty `AccessLog` directive was specified
  12   (Issue #5309)
  13 - Fixed a regression in the changes to ippValidateAttribute (Issue #5322,
  14   Issue #5330)
  15 - Fixed a crash bug in the Epson dot matrix driver (Issue #5323)
  16 - Automatic debug logging of job errors did not work with systemd (Issue #5337)
  17 - The web interface did not list the IPP Everywhere "driver" (Issue #5338)
  18 - Fixed some typos in the label printer drivers (Issue #5350)
  19 - The scheduler was being backgrounded on macOS, causing applications to spin
  20   (rdar://40436080)
  21 - The scheduler did not validate that required initial request attributes were
  22   in the operation group (rdar://41098178)
  23 - Authentication in the web interface did not work on macOS (rdar://41444473)
  24 - Dropped non-working RSS subscriptions UI from web interface templates.
  25 - Fixed a memory leak for some IPP (extension) syntaxes.
  26
  27
  28 Changes in CUPS v2.2.8
  29 ----------------------
  30
  31 - Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid
  32   job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
  33 - The `ipptool` program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running
  34   in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
  35 - Fixed builds without PAM (Issue #5283)
  36 - Fixed `lpoptions` man page (Issue #5286)
  37 - The `cupsCreateJob`, `cupsPrintFile2`, and `cupsPrintFiles2` APIs did not use
  38   the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5288)
  39 - Fixed another crash in the scheduler when adding an IPP Everywhere printer
  40   (Issue #5290)
  41 - Added a workaround for certain web browsers that do not support multiple
  42   authentication schemes in a single response header (Issue #5289)
  43 - Fixed policy limits containing the `All` operation (Issue #5296)
  44 - The scheduler was always restarted after idle-exit with systemd (Issue #5297)
  45 - Added a USB quirks rule for the HP LaserJet P1102 (Issue #5310)
  46 - The mailto notifier did not wait for the welcome message (Issue #5312)
  47 - Fixed a parsing bug in the pstops filter (Issue #5321)
  48 - Documentation updates (Issue #5299, Issue #5301, Issue #5306)
  49 - Localization updates (Issue #5317)
  50 - The scheduler allowed environment variables to be specified in the
  51   `cupsd.conf` file (rdar://37836779, rdar://37836995, rdar://37837252,
  52   rdar://37837581)
  53 - Fax queues did not support pause (p) or wait-for-dialtone (w) characters
  54   (rdar://39212256)
  55 - The scheduler did not validate notify-recipient-uri values properly
  56   (rdar://40068936)
  57 - The IPP parser allowed invalid group tags (rdar://40442124)
  58 - Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.
  59
  60
  61 Changes in CUPS v2.2.7
  62 ----------------------
  63
  64 - NOTICE: Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
  65 - Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
  66 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword`
  67   keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
  68 - Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that
  69   required a restart (Issue #5263)
  70 - The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule
  71   (Issue #5259)
  72 - The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
  73 - Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so
  74   don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
  75 - Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
  76 - Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
  77 - Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
  78 - The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1
  79   print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
  80 - Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
  81 - Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly
  82   (Issue #5233)
  83 - The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some
  84   formats (Issue #5225)
  85 - Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
  86 - The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
  87 - More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
  88 - The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value
  89   (Issue #5208)
  90 - The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
  91 - The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when
  92   running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
  93 - Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions
  94   (Issue #5185)
  95 - Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
  96 - The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop
  97   was seen (Issue #5170)
  98 - Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
  99 - Fixed the `ippserver` sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable
 100   (Issue #5154)
 101 - The `cupsEnumDests` function did not include options from the lpoptions files
 102   (Issue #5144)
 103 - The `SSLOptions` directive now supports `MinTLS` and `MaxTLS` options to
 104   control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed,
 105   respectively (Issue #5119)
 106 - The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there
 107   were open client connections (Issue #5118)
 108 - The `lpadmin` command now provides a better error message when an unsupported
 109   System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
 110 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now provide better error messages when the default
 111   printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
 112 - No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names
 113   (Issue #4966)
 114 - The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication
 115   specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
 116 - The `lpstat` command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
 117 - The `lpoptions` command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
 118 - The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version
 119   of "none" (rdar://36566269)
 120 - TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
 121 - The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
 122 - Temporary files are now placed in the correct directory for sandboxed
 123   applications on macOS (rdar://problem/37789645)
 124
 125
 126 Changes in CUPS v2.2.6
 127 ----------------------
 128
 129 - DBUS notifications could crash the scheduler (Issue #5143)
 130 - Added USB quirks rules for Canon MP540 and Samsung ML-2160 (Issue #5148)
 131 - Fixed TLS cipher suite selection with GNU TLS (Issue #5145, Issue #5150)
 132 - Localization updates (Issue #5152)
 133
 134
 135 Changes in CUPS v2.2.5
 136 ----------------------
 137
 138 - The scheduler's `-t` option did not force all errors to the standard error
 139   file, making debugging of configuration problems hard (Issue #5041)
 140 - Fixed a typo in the CUPS Programming Manual (Issue #5042)
 141 - Fixed RPM packaging issue (Issue #5043, Issue #5044)
 142 - The `cupsGetDests` function incorrectly returned an empty list of printers if
 143   there was no default printer (Issue #5046)
 144 - The `cupsGetDests` function waited too long for network printers (Issue #5049)
 145 - Libtool support was completely broken with current libtool versions that use
 146   an incompatible command-line syntax (Issue #5050)
 147 - Fixed a build issue with `--enable-mallinfo` (Issue #5051)
 148 - The ippserver test program contained a deadlock issue (Issue #5054)
 149 - The `cupsLocalizeDest*` functions did not provide base localizations for
 150   all registered IPP attributes and values (Issue #5056)
 151 - The --enable-libtool configure option requires a path to the libtool program,
 152   but doesn't document or check for it (Issue #5062)
 153 - Fixed the `SSLOptions DenyCBC` option when using GNU TLS (Issue #5065)
 154 - Fixed the `ServerTokens None` option (Issue #5065)
 155 - Fixed the default `ServerAlias` value from `ServerName` (Issue #5072)
 156 - Fixed the adminurl field in the TXT record for fully-qualified `ServerName`
 157   values (Issue #5074)
 158 - The scheduler now creates a PID file when not running on demand with a modern
 159   service launcher (Issue #5080)
 160 - The web interface did not support newer language identifiers used by Microsoft
 161   web browsers (Issue #5803)
 162 - Updated the cups-files.conf and cupsd.conf file documentation for missing
 163   directives (Issue #5084)
 164 - Fixed an Avahi-related crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5085, Issue #5086)
 165 - Fixed the interactions between the "print-quality" and "cupsPrintQuality"
 166   options (Issue #5090)
 167 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator now sorts the supported resolutions before
 168   choosing them for draft, normal, and best quality modes (Issue #5091)
 169 - Fixed the localization unit test on Linux (Issue #5097)
 170 - The CUPS library did not reuse domain sockets (Issue #5098)
 171 - Fixed the "make check" target for some environments (Issue #5099)
 172 - The scheduler woke up once per second to remove old temporary queues
 173   (Issue #5100)
 174 - Added USB quirk rule for Kyocera printer (Issue #5102, Issue #5103)
 175 - Re-documented the limits of `file:///...` device URIs and moved the FileDevice
 176   directive in `cups-files.conf` to the list of deprecated configuration
 177   directives (Issue #5117)
 178 - Added USB quirk rule for HP LaserJet 1160 printer (Issue #5121)
 179 - Fixed the script interpreter detection in the configure script (Issue #5122)
 180 - The network backends now retry on more error conditions (Issue #5123)
 181 - Added a French translation of the web interface (Issue #5134)
 182 - `cupsGetDests2` was not using the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5135)
 183 - `httpAddrConnect` leaked sockets in certain circumstances, causing some
 184   printers to hang (rdar://31965686)
 185 - Fixed an issue with Chinese localizations on macOS (rdar://32419311)
 186 - The IPP backend now always sends the "finishings" attribute for printers that
 187   support it because otherwise the client cannot override printer defaults
 188   (rdar://33169732)
 189 - The `cupsGetNamedDest` function did not use the local default printer
 190   (rdar://33228500)
 191 - The IPP backend incorrectly sent the "job-pages-per-set" attribute to PDF
 192   printers (rdar://33250434)
 193 - Fixed the `cups.strings` file that is used on macOS (rdar://33287650)
 194 - CUPS now sends the `Date` HTTP header in IPP requests (rdar://33302034)
 195 - The `ippCopyAttribute` function did not copy out-of-band values correctly
 196   (rdar://33688003)
 197 - Fixed the localization fallback code on macOS (rdar://33583699)
 198 - The scheduler did not run with a high enough priority, causing problems on
 199   busy systems (rdar://33789342)
 200 - Added support for Japanese Kaku 1 envelope size (rdar://34774110)
 201 - The `ipptool` program's `-P` option did not work correctly.
 202 - The `ipptool` program did not compare URI scheme or hostname components
 203   correctly for the WITH-ALL-HOSTNAMES, WITH-ALL-SCHEMES, WITH-HOSTNAME, or
 204   WITH-SCHEME predicates.
 205
 206
 207 Changes in CUPS v2.2.4
 208 ----------------------
 209
 210 - The scheduler did not remove old job files (Issue #4987)
 211 - cupsEnumDests did not return early when all printers had been discovered
 212   (Issue #4989)
 213 - The CUPS build system now supports cross-compilation (Issue #4897)
 214 - Added a new CUPS Programming Manual to replace the aging API documentation.
 215 - Added the `cupsAddIntegerOption` and `cupsGetIntegerOption` functions
 216   (Issue #4992)
 217 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsCreateJob` functions now support Bonjour printers
 218   (Issue #4993)
 219 - Added a USB quirk rule for Lexmark E260dn printers (Issue #4994)
 220 - Fixed a potential buffer overflow in the `cupstestppd` utility (Issue #4996)
 221 - IPP Everywhere improvements (Issue #4998)
 222 - Fixed the "cancel all jobs" function in the web interface for several
 223   languages (Issue #4999)
 224 - Fixed issues with local queues (Issue #5003, Issue #5008, Issue #5009)
 225 - The `lpstat` command now supports a `-e` option to enumerate local printers
 226   (either previously added or on the network) that can be accessed
 227   (Issue #5005)
 228 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now support printing to network printers that
 229   haven't yet been added (Issue #5006)
 230 - Fixed a typo in the mime.types file.
 231 - Fixed a bug in the Spanish web interface template (Issue #5016)
 232 - The `cupsEnumDests*` and `cupsGetDest*` functions now report the value of the
 233   "printer-is-temporary" Printer Status attribute (Issue #5028)
 234 - Added Chinese localization (Issue #5029)
 235 - The `cupsCheckDestSupported` function did not support `NULL` values
 236   (Issue #5031)
 237 - Fixed some issues in the RPM spec file (Issue #5032)
 238 - The `cupsConnectDest` function now supports the `CUPS_DEST_FLAGS_DEVICE` flag
 239   for explicitly connecting to the device (printer) associated with the
 240   destination.
 241 - The `SSLOptions` directive in "client.conf" and "cupsd.conf" now supports
 242   `DenyCBC` and `DenyTLS1.0` options (Issue #5037)
 243
 244
 245 Changes in CUPS v2.2.3
 246 ----------------------
 247
 248 - The IPP backend could get into an infinite loop for certain errors, causing a
 249   hung queue (<rdar://problem/28008717>)
 250 - The scheduler could pause responding to client requests in order to save state
 251   changes to disk (<rdar://problem/28690656>)
 252 - Added support for PPD finishing keywords (Issue #4960, Issue #4961,
 253   Issue #4962)
 254 - The IPP backend did not send a media-col attribute for just the source or type
 255   (Issue #4963)
 256 - IPP Everywhere print queues did not always support all print qualities
 257   supported by the printer (Issue #4953)
 258 - IPP Everywhere print queues did not always support all media types supported
 259   by the printer (Issue #4953)
 260 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not return useful error messages
 261   (Issue #4954)
 262 - The IPP Everywhere finishings support did not work correctly with common UI or
 263   command-line options (Issue #4976)
 264 - Fixed an error handling issue for the network backends (Issue #4979)
 265 - The default cupsd.conf file did not work on systems compiled without Kerberos
 266   support (Issue #4947)
 267 - The "reprint job" option was not available for some canceled jobs
 268   (Issue #4915)
 269 - Updated the job listing in the web interface (Issue #4978)
 270 - Fixed some localization issues on macOS (<rdar://problem/27245567>)
 271
 272
 273 Changes in CUPS v2.2.2
 274 ----------------------
 275
 276 - Fixed some issues with the Zebra ZPL printer driver (Issue #4898)
 277 - Fixed some issues with IPP Everywhere printer support (Issue #4893,
 278   Issue #4909, Issue #4916, Issue #4921, Issue #4923, Issue #4932, Issue #4933,
 279   Issue #4938)
 280 - The rastertopwg filter could crash with certain input (Issue #4942)
 281 - Optimized connection usage in the IPP backend (<rdar://problem/29547323>)
 282 - The scheduler did not detect when an encrypted connection was closed by the
 283   client on Linux (Issue #4901)
 284 - The cups-lpd program did not catch all legacy usage of ISO-8859-1
 285   (Issue #4899)
 286 - Fixed builds on systems without a working poll() implementation (Issue #4905)
 287 - Added a USB quirk rule for the Kyocera Ecosys P6026cdn (Issue #4900)
 288 - The scheduler no longer creates log files on startup
 289   (<rdar://problem/28332470>)
 290 - The ippContainsString function now uses case-insensitive comparisons for
 291   mimeMediaType, name, and text values in conformance with RFC 2911.
 292 - The network backends now log the addresses that were found for a printer
 293   (<rdar://problem/29268474>)
 294 - Let's Encrypt certificates did not work when the hostname contained uppercase
 295   letters (Issue #4919)
 296 - Fixed reporting of printed pages in the web interface (Issue #4924)
 297 - Updated systemd config files (Issue #4935)
 298 - Updated documentation (PR #4896)
 299 - Updated localizations (PR #4894, PR #4895, PR #4904, PR #4908, Issue #4946)
 300 - Updated packaging files (Issue #4940)
 301
 302
 303 Changes in CUPS v2.2.1
 304 ----------------------
 305
 306 - Added "CreateSelfSignedCerts" directive for cups-files.conf to control whether
 307   the scheduler automatically creates its own self-signed X.509 certificates for
 308   TLS connections (Issue #4876)
 309 - http*Connect did not handle partial failures (Issue #4870)
 310 - Addressed some build warnings on Linux (Issue #4881)
 311 - cupsHashData did not use the correct hashing algorithm
 312   (<rdar://problem/28209220>)
 313 - Updated man pages (PR #4885)
 314 - Updated localizations (PR #4877, PR #4886)
 315
 316
 317 Changes in CUPS v2.2.0
 318 ----------------------
 319
 320 - Normalized the TLS certificate validation code and added additional error
 321   messages to aid troubleshooting.
 322 - The httpConnect functions did not work on Linux when cupsd was not running
 323   (Issue #4870)
 324 - The --no-remote-any option of cupsctl had no effect (Issue #4866)
 325 - http*Connect did not return early when all addresses failed (Issue #4870)
 326
 327
 328 Changes in CUPS v2.2rc1
 329 -----------------------
 330
 331 - Updated the list of supported IPP Everywhere media types.
 332 - The IPP backend did not validate TLS credentials properly.
 333 - The printer-state-message attribute was not cleared after a print job with no
 334   errors (Issue #4851)
 335 - The CUPS-Add-Modify-Class and CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer operations did not
 336   always return an error for failed adds (Issue #4854)
 337 - PPD files with names longer than 127 bytes did not work (Issue #4860)
 338 - Updated localizations (Issue #4846, PR #4858)
 339
 340
 341 Changes in CUPS v2.2b2
 342 ----------------------
 343
 344 - Added Upstart support (PR #4825)
 345 - CUPS now supports Let's Encrypt certificates on Linux.
 346
 347
 348 Changes in CUPS v2.2b1
 349 ----------------------
 350
 351 - All CUPS commands now support POSIX options (Issue #4813)
 352 - The scheduler now restarts faster (Issue #4760)
 353 - Improved performance of web interface with large numbers of jobs (Issue #3819)
 354 - Encrypted printing can now be limited to only trusted printers and servers
 355   (<rdar://problem/25711658>)
 356 - The scheduler now advertises PWG Raster attributes for IPP Everywhere clients
 357   (Issue #4428)
 358 - The scheduler now logs informational messages for jobs at LogLevel "info"
 359   (Issue #4815)
 360 - The scheduler now uses the getgrouplist function when available (Issue #4611)
 361 - The IPP backend no longer enables compression by default except for certain
 362   raster formats that generally benefit from it (<rdar://problem/25166952>)
 363 - The scheduler did not handle out-of-disk situations gracefully (Issue #4742)
 364 - The LPD mini-daemon now detects invalid UTF-8 sequences in job, document, and
 365   user names (Issue #4748)
 366 - The IPP backend now continues on to the next job when the remote server/
 367   printer puts the job on hold (<rdar://problem/24858548>)
 368 - The scheduler did not cancel multi-document jobs immediately
 369   (<rdar://problem/24854834>)
 370 - The scheduler did not return non-shared printers to local clients unless they
 371   connected to the domain socket (<rdar://problem/24566996>)
 372 - The scheduler now reads the spool directory if one or more job cache entries
 373   point to deleted jobs (<rdar://problem/24048846>)
 374 - Added support for disc media sizes (<rdar://problem/20219536>)
 375 - The httpAddrConnect and httpConnect* APIs now try connecting to multiple
 376   addresses in parallel (<rdar://problem/20643153>)
 377 - The cupsd domain socket is no longer world-accessible on macOS
 378   (<rdar://problem/7542560>)
 379 - Interface scripts are no longer supported for security reasons
 380   (<rdar://problem/23135640>)
 381 - Added a new cupsHashData API and support for hashed job passwords
 382   (<rdar://problem/20221502>)
 383 - Localization fixes (<rdar://problem/25292403>, <rdar://problem/25461517>,
 384   Issue #4041, Issue #4796)
 385 - Documentation changes (Issue #4624, Issue #4781)
 386 - Packaging fixes (PR #4832)