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1 CHANGES - 2.3.1 - 2019-10-15
2 ============================
3
4
5 Changes in CUPS v2.3.1
6 ----------------------
7
8 - Documentation updates (Issue #5661)
9 - Added a workaround for the scheduler's systemd support (Issue #5640)
10 - Fixed spelling of "fold-accordion".
11 - Fixed the default common name for TLS certificates used by `ippeveprinter`.
12 - Fixed a bug in the handling of printer resource files (Issue #5652)
13 - The libusb-based USB backend now reports an error when the distribution
14 permissions are wrong (Issue #5658)
15 - Added paint can labels to Dymo driver (Issue #5662)
16 - The IPP backend did not detect all cases where a job should be retried using
17 a raster format (rdar://56021091)
18
19
20 Changes in CUPS v2.3.0
21 ----------------------
22
23 - CVE-2019-8696 and CVE-2019-8675: Fixed SNMP buffer overflows (rdar://51685251)
24 - Added a GPL2/LGPL2 exception to the new CUPS license terms.
25 - Documentation updates (Issue #5604)
26 - Localization updates (Issue #5637)
27 - Fixed a bug in the scheduler job cleanup code (Issue #5588)
28 - Fixed builds when there is no TLS library (Issue #5590)
29 - Eliminated some new GCC compiler warnings (Issue #5591)
30 - Removed dead code from the scheduler (Issue #5593)
31 - "make" failed with GZIP options (Issue #5595)
32 - Fixed potential excess logging from the scheduler when removing job files
33 (Issue #5597)
34 - Fixed a NULL pointer dereference bug in `httpGetSubField2` (Issue #5598)
35 - Added FIPS-140 workarounds for GNU TLS (Issue #5601, Issue #5622)
36 - The scheduler no longer provides a default value for the description
37 (Issue #5603)
38 - The scheduler now logs jobs held for authentication using the error level so
39 it is clear what happened (Issue #5604)
40 - The `lpadmin` command did not always update the PPD file for changes to the
41 `cupsIPPSupplies` and `cupsSNMPSupplies` keywords (Issue #5610)
42 - The scheduler now uses both the group's membership list as well as the
43 various OS-specific membership functions to determine whether a user belongs
44 to a named group (Issue #5613)
45 - Added USB quirks rule for HP LaserJet 1015 (Issue #5617)
46 - Fixed some PPD parser issues (Issue #5623, Issue #5624)
47 - The IPP parser no longer allows invalid member attributes in collections
48 (Issue #5630)
49 - The configure script now treats the "wheel" group as a potential system
50 group (Issue #5638)
51 - Fixed a USB printing issue on macOS (rdar://31433931)
52 - Fixed IPP buffer overflow (rdar://50035411)
53 - Fixed memory disclosure issue in the scheduler (rdar://51373853)
54 - Fixed DoS issues in the scheduler (rdar://51373929)
55 - Fixed an issue with unsupported "sides" values in the IPP backend
56 (rdar://51775322)
57 - The scheduler would restart continuously when idle and printers were not
58 shared (rdar://52561199)
59 - Fixed an issue with `EXPECT !name WITH-VALUE ...` tests.
60 - Fixed a command ordering issue in the Zebra ZPL driver.
61 - Fixed a memory leak in `ppdOpen`.
62
63
64 Changes in CUPS v2.3rc1
65 -----------------------
66
67 - The `cups-config` script no longer adds extra libraries when linking against
68 shared libraries (Issue #5261)
69 - The supplied example print documents have been optimized for size
70 (Issue #5529)
71 - The `cupsctl` command now prevents setting "cups-files.conf" directives
72 (Issue #5530)
73 - The "forbidden" message in the web interface is now explained (Issue #5547)
74 - The footer in the web interface covered some content on small displays
75 (Issue #5574)
76 - The libusb-based USB backend now enforces read limits, improving print speed
77 in many cases (Issue #5583)
78 - The `ippeveprinter` command now looks for print commands in the "command"
79 subdirectory.
80 - The `ipptool` command now supports `$date-current` and `$date-start` variables
81 to insert the current and starting date and time values, as well as ISO-8601
82 relative time values such as "PT30S" for 30 seconds in the future.
83
84
85 Changes in CUPS v2.3b8
86 ----------------------
87
88 - Media size matching now uses a tolerance of 0.5mm (rdar://33822024)
89 - The lpadmin command would hang with a bad PPD file (rdar://41495016)
90 - Fixed a potential crash bug in cups-driverd (rdar://46625579)
91 - Fixed a performance regression with large PPDs (rdar://47040759)
92 - Fixed a memory reallocation bug in HTTP header value expansion
93 (rdar://problem/50000749)
94 - Timed out job submission now yields an error (Issue #5570)
95 - Restored minimal support for the `Emulators` keyword in PPD files to allow
96 old Samsung printer drivers to continue to work (Issue #5562)
97 - The scheduler did not encode octetString values like "job-password" correctly
98 for the print filters (Issue #5558)
99 - The `cupsCheckDestSupported` function did not check octetString values
100 correctly (Issue #5557)
101 - Added support for `UserAgentTokens` directive in "client.conf" (Issue #5555)
102 - Updated the systemd service file for cupsd (Issue #5551)
103 - The `ippValidateAttribute` function did not catch all instances of invalid
104 UTF-8 strings (Issue #5509)
105 - Fixed an issue with the self-signed certificates generated by GNU TLS
106 (Issue #5506)
107 - Fixed a potential memory leak when reading at the end of a file (Issue #5473)
108 - Fixed potential unaligned accesses in the string pool (Issue #5474)
109 - Fixed a potential memory leak when loading a PPD file (Issue #5475)
110 - Added a USB quirks rule for the Lexmark E120n (Issue #5478)
111 - Updated the USB quirks rule for Zebra label printers (Issue #5395)
112 - Fixed a compile error on Linux (Issue #5483)
113 - The lpadmin command, web interface, and scheduler all queried an IPP
114 Everywhere printer differently, resulting in different PPDs for the same
115 printer (Issue #5484)
116 - The web interface no longer provides access to the log files (Issue #5513)
117 - Non-Kerberized printing to Windows via IPP was broken (Issue #5515)
118 - Eliminated use of private headers and some deprecated macOS APIs (Issue #5516)
119 - The scheduler no longer stops a printer if an error occurs when a job is
120 canceled or aborted (Issue #5517)
121 - Added a USB quirks rule for the DYMO 450 Turbo (Issue #5521)
122 - Added a USB quirks rule for Xerox printers (Issue #5523)
123 - The scheduler's self-signed certificate did not include all of the alternate
124 names for the server when using GNU TLS (Issue #5525)
125 - Fixed compiler warnings with newer versions of GCC (Issue #5532, Issue #5533)
126 - Fixed some PPD caching and IPP Everywhere PPD accounting/password bugs
127 (Issue #5535)
128 - Fixed `PreserveJobHistory` bug with time values (Issue #5538)
129 - The scheduler no longer advertises the HTTP methods it supports (Issue #5540)
130 - Localization updates (Issue #5461, Issues #5471, Issue #5481, Issue #5486,
131 Issue #5489, Issue #5491, Issue #5492, Issue #5493, Issue #5494, Issue #5495,
132 Issue #5497, Issue #5499, Issue #5500, Issue #5501, Issue #5504)
133 - The scheduler did not always idle exit as quickly as it could.
134 - Added a new `ippeveprinter` command based on the old ippserver sample code.
135
136
137 Changes in CUPS v2.3b7
138 ----------------------
139
140 - Fixed some build failures (Issue #5451, Issue #5463)
141 - Running ppdmerge with the same input and output filenames did not work as
142 advertised (Issue #5455)
143
144
145 Changes in CUPS v2.3b6
146 ----------------------
147
148 - Localization update (Issue #5339, Issue #5348, Issue #5362, Issue #5408,
149 Issue #5410)
150 - Documentation updates (Issue #5369, Issue #5402, Issue #5403, Issue #5404)
151 - CVE-2018-4300: Linux session cookies used a predictable random number seed.
152 - All user commands now support the `--help` option (Issue #5326)
153 - The `lpoptions` command now works with IPP Everywhere printers that have not
154 yet been added as local queues (Issue #5045)
155 - The lpadmin command would create a non-working printer in some error cases
156 (Issue #5305)
157 - The scheduler would crash if an empty `AccessLog` directive was specified
158 (Issue #5309)
159 - The scheduler did not idle-exit on some Linux distributions (Issue #5319)
160 - Fixed a regression in the changes to ippValidateAttribute (Issue #5322,
161 Issue #5330)
162 - Fixed a crash bug in the Epson dot matrix driver (Issue #5323)
163 - Automatic debug logging of job errors did not work with systemd (Issue #5337)
164 - The web interface did not list the IPP Everywhere "driver" (Issue #5338)
165 - The scheduler did not report all of the supported job options and values
166 (Issue #5340)
167 - The IPP Everywhere "driver" now properly supports face-up printers
168 (Issue #5345)
169 - Fixed some typos in the label printer drivers (Issue #5350)
170 - Setting the `Community` name to the empty string in `snmp.conf` now disables
171 SNMP supply level monitoring by all the standard network backends
172 (Issue #5354)
173 - Multi-file jobs could get stuck if the backend failed (Issue #5359,
174 Issue #5413)
175 - The IPP Everywhere "driver" no longer does local filtering when printing to
176 a shared CUPS printer (Issue #5361)
177 - The lpadmin command now correctly reports IPP errors when configuring an
178 IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5370)
179 - Fixed some memory leaks discovered by Coverity (Issue #5375)
180 - The PPD compiler incorrectly terminated JCL options (Issue #5379)
181 - The cupstestppd utility did not generate errors for missing/mismatched
182 CloseUI/JCLCloseUI keywords (Issue #5381)
183 - The scheduler now reports the actual location of the log file (Issue #5398)
184 - Added USB quirk rules (Issue #5395, Issue #5420, Issue #5443)
185 - The generated PPD files for IPP Everywhere printers did not contain the
186 cupsManualCopies keyword (Issue #5433)
187 - Kerberos credentials might be truncated (Issue #5435)
188 - The handling of `MaxJobTime 0` did not match the documentation (Issue #5438)
189 - Fixed a bug adding a queue with the `-E` option (Issue #5440)
190 - The `cupsaddsmb` program has been removed (Issue #5449)
191 - The `cupstestdsc` program has been removed (Issue #5450)
192 - The scheduler was being backgrounded on macOS, causing applications to spin
193 (rdar://40436080)
194 - The scheduler did not validate that required initial request attributes were
195 in the operation group (rdar://41098178)
196 - Authentication in the web interface did not work on macOS (rdar://41444473)
197 - Fixed an issue with HTTP Digest authentication (rdar://41709086)
198 - The scheduler could crash when job history was purged (rdar://42198057)
199 - Fixed a crash bug when mapping PPD duplex options to IPP attributes
200 (rdar://46183976)
201 - Fixed a memory leak for some IPP (extension) syntaxes.
202 - The `cupscgi`, `cupsmime`, and `cupsppdc` support libraries are no longer
203 installed as shared libraries.
204 - The `snmp` backend is now deprecated.
205
206
207 Changes in CUPS v2.3b5
208 ----------------------
209
210 - The `ipptool` program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running
211 in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
212 - The `cupsCreateJob`, `cupsPrintFile2`, and `cupsPrintFiles2` APIs did not use
213 the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5288)
214 - Fixed another crash in the scheduler when adding an IPP Everywhere printer
215 (Issue #5290)
216 - Added a workaround for certain web browsers that do not support multiple
217 authentication schemes in a single response header (Issue #5289)
218 - Fixed policy limits containing the `All` operation (Issue #5296)
219 - The scheduler was always restarted after idle-exit with systemd (Issue #5297)
220 - Added a USB quirks rule for the HP LaserJet P1102 (Issue #5310)
221 - The mailto notifier did not wait for the welcome message (Issue #5312)
222 - Fixed a parsing bug in the pstops filter (Issue #5321)
223 - Documentation updates (Issue #5299, Issue #5301, Issue #5306)
224 - Localization updates (Issue #5317)
225 - The scheduler allowed environment variables to be specified in the
226 `cupsd.conf` file (rdar://37836779, rdar://37836995, rdar://37837252,
227 rdar://37837581)
228 - Fax queues did not support pause (p) or wait-for-dialtone (w) characters
229 (rdar://39212256)
230 - The scheduler did not validate notify-recipient-uri values properly
231 (rdar://40068936)
232 - The IPP parser allowed invalid group tags (rdar://40442124)
233 - Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.
234
235
236 Changes in CUPS v2.3b4
237 ----------------------
238
239 - NOTICE: Printer drivers are now deprecated (Issue #5270)
240 - Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly
241 (Issue #5233)
242 - Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
243 - Fixed installation of filters (Issue #5247)
244 - The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1
245 print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
246 - Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
247 - Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
248 - Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
249 - Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so
250 don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
251 - The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
252 - The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule
253 (Issue #5259)
254 - Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that
255 required a restart (Issue #5263)
256 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword`
257 keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
258 - Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
259 - Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
260 - Fixed an RPM packaging problem (Issue #5276)
261 - The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
262 - TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
263 - Temp files could not be created in some sandboxed applications
264 (rdar://37789645)
265 - The ipptool `--ippserver` option did not encode out-of-band attributes
266 correctly.
267 - Added public `cupsEncodeOption` API for encoding a single option as an IPP
268 attribute.
269 - Removed support for the `-D_PPD_DEPRECATED=""` developer cheat - the PPD API
270 should no longer be used.
271 - Removed support for `-D_IPP_PRIVATE_STRUCTURES=1` developer cheat - the IPP
272 accessor functions should be used instead.
273
274
275 Changes in CUPS v2.3b3
276 ----------------------
277
278 - More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
279 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not support deep grayscale or 8-bit per
280 component AdobeRGB (Issue #5227)
281 - Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid
282 job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
283 - Localization changes (Issue #5232, rdar://37068158)
284 - The `cupsCopyDestInfo` function did not work with all print queues
285 (Issue #5235)
286
287
288 Changes in CUPS v2.3b2
289 ----------------------
290
291 - Localization changes (Issue #5210)
292 - Build fixes (Issue #5217)
293 - IPP Everywhere PPDs were not localized to English (Issue #5205)
294 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsEnumDests` functions no longer filter out local
295 print services like IPP USB devices (Issue #5206)
296 - The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value
297 (Issue #5208)
298 - Printing to old CUPS servers has been fixed (Issue #5211)
299 - The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
300 - All HTTP field values can now be longer than `HTTP_MAX_VALUE` bytes
301 (Issue #5216)
302 - Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
303 - The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some
304 formats (Issue #5225)
305 - Fixed an issue with mapping finishing options (rdar://34250727)
306 - The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version
307 of "none" (rdar://36566269)
308 - The scheduler did not add ".local" to the default DNS-SD host name when
309 needed.
310
311
312 Changes in CUPS v2.3b1
313 ----------------------
314
315 - CUPS is now provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
316 - Documentation updates (Issue #4580, Issue #5177, Issue #5192)
317 - The `cupsCopyDestConflicts` function now handles collection attribute
318 ("media-col", "finishings-col", etc.) constraints (Issue #4096)
319 - The `lpoptions` command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
320 - The `lpstat` command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
321 - The `ippfind` command now supports finding printers whose name starts with an
322 underscore (Issue #4833)
323 - The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication
324 specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
325 - The scheduler now supports the "printer-id" attribute (Issue #4868)
326 - No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names
327 (Issue #4966)
328 - The scheduler no longer logs pages as they are printed, instead just logging
329 a total of the pages printed at job completion (Issue #4991)
330 - Dropped RSS subscription management from the web interface (Issue #5012)
331 - Bonjour printer sharing now uses the DNS-SD hostname (or ServerName value if
332 none is defined) when registering shared printers on the network (Issue #5071)
333 - The `ipptool` command now supports writing `ippserver` attributes files
334 (Issue #5093)
335 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now provide better error messages when the default
336 printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
337 - The `lpadmin` command now provides a better error message when an unsupported
338 System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
339 - The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there
340 were open client connections (Issue #5118)
341 - The `SSLOptions` directive now supports `MinTLS` and `MaxTLS` options to
342 control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed,
343 respectively (Issue #5119)
344 - Dropped hard-coded CGI scripting language support (Issue #5124)
345 - The `cupsEnumDests` function did not include options from the lpoptions
346 files (Issue #5144)
347 - Fixed the `ippserver` sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable
348 (Issue #5154)
349 - Added label markup to checkbox and radio button controls in the web interface
350 templates (Issue #5161)
351 - Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
352 - Improved IPP Everywhere media support, including a new
353 `cupsAddDestMediaOptions` function (Issue #5167)
354 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now include localizations of printer-specific media types,
355 when available (Issue #5168)
356 - The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop
357 was seen (Issue #5170)
358 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support IPP job presets (Issue #5179)
359 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support finishing templates (Issue #5180)
360 - Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
361 - Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions
362 (Issue #5185)
363 - The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when
364 running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
365 - The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
366 - The scheduler now generates a strings file for localizing PPD options
367 (Issue #5194)