CHANGES.md

   1 CHANGES - 2.3rc1 - 2019-05-15
   2 =============================
   3
   4
   5 Changes in CUPS v2.3rc1
   6 -----------------------
   7
   8 - The `cupsctl` command now prevents setting "cups-files.conf" directives
   9   (Issue #5530)
  10 - The footer in the web interface covered some content on small displays
  11   (Issue #5574)
  12 - The `ippeveprinter` command now looks for print commands in the "command"
  13   subdirectory.
  14 - The `ipptool` command now supports `$date-current` and `$date-start` variables
  15   to insert the current and starting date and time values, as well as ISO-8601
  16   relative time values such as "PT30S" for 30 seconds in the future.
  17
  18
  19 Changes in CUPS v2.3b8
  20 ----------------------
  21
  22 - Media size matching now uses a tolerance of 0.5mm (rdar://33822024)
  23 - The lpadmin command would hang with a bad PPD file (rdar://41495016)
  24 - Fixed a potential crash bug in cups-driverd (rdar://46625579)
  25 - Fixed a performance regression with large PPDs (rdar://47040759)
  26 - Fixed a memory reallocation bug in HTTP header value expansion
  27   (rdar://problem/50000749)
  28 - Timed out job submission now yields an error (Issue #5570)
  29 - Restored minimal support for the `Emulators` keyword in PPD files to allow
  30   old Samsung printer drivers to continue to work (Issue #5562)
  31 - The scheduler did not encode octetString values like "job-password" correctly
  32   for the print filters (Issue #5558)
  33 - The `cupsCheckDestSupported` function did not check octetString values
  34   correctly (Issue #5557)
  35 - Added support for `UserAgentTokens` directive in "client.conf" (Issue #5555)
  36 - Updated the systemd service file for cupsd (Issue #5551)
  37 - The `ippValidateAttribute` function did not catch all instances of invalid
  38   UTF-8 strings (Issue #5509)
  39 - Fixed an issue with the self-signed certificates generated by GNU TLS
  40   (Issue #5506)
  41 - Fixed a potential memory leak when reading at the end of a file (Issue #5473)
  42 - Fixed potential unaligned accesses in the string pool (Issue #5474)
  43 - Fixed a potential memory leak when loading a PPD file (Issue #5475)
  44 - Added a USB quirks rule for the Lexmark E120n (Issue #5478)
  45 - Updated the USB quirks rule for Zebra label printers (Issue #5395)
  46 - Fixed a compile error on Linux (Issue #5483)
  47 - The lpadmin command, web interface, and scheduler all queried an IPP
  48   Everywhere printer differently, resulting in different PPDs for the same
  49   printer (Issue #5484)
  50 - The web interface no longer provides access to the log files (Issue #5513)
  51 - Non-Kerberized printing to Windows via IPP was broken (Issue #5515)
  52 - Eliminated use of private headers and some deprecated macOS APIs (Issue #5516)
  53 - The scheduler no longer stops a printer if an error occurs when a job is
  54   canceled or aborted (Issue #5517)
  55 - Added a USB quirks rule for the DYMO 450 Turbo (Issue #5521)
  56 - Added a USB quirks rule for Xerox printers (Issue #5523)
  57 - The scheduler's self-signed certificate did not include all of the alternate
  58   names for the server when using GNU TLS (Issue #5525)
  59 - Fixed compiler warnings with newer versions of GCC (Issue #5532, Issue #5533)
  60 - Fixed some PPD caching and IPP Everywhere PPD accounting/password bugs
  61   (Issue #5535)
  62 - Fixed `PreserveJobHistory` bug with time values (Issue #5538)
  63 - The scheduler no longer advertises the HTTP methods it supports (Issue #5540)
  64 - Localization updates (Issue #5461, Issues #5471, Issue #5481, Issue #5486,
  65   Issue #5489, Issue #5491, Issue #5492, Issue #5493, Issue #5494, Issue #5495,
  66   Issue #5497, Issue #5499, Issue #5500, Issue #5501, Issue #5504)
  67 - The scheduler did not always idle exit as quickly as it could.
  68 - Added a new `ippeveprinter` command based on the old ippserver sample code.
  69
  70
  71 Changes in CUPS v2.3b7
  72 ----------------------
  73
  74 - Fixed some build failures (Issue #5451, Issue #5463)
  75 - Running ppdmerge with the same input and output filenames did not work as
  76   advertised (Issue #5455)
  77
  78
  79 Changes in CUPS v2.3b6
  80 ----------------------
  81
  82 - Localization update (Issue #5339, Issue #5348, Issue #5362, Issue #5408,
  83   Issue #5410)
  84 - Documentation updates (Issue #5369, Issue #5402, Issue #5403, Issue #5404)
  85 - CVE-2018-4300: Linux session cookies used a predictable random number seed.
  86 - All user commands now support the `--help` option (Issue #5326)
  87 - The `lpoptions` command now works with IPP Everywhere printers that have not
  88   yet been added as local queues (Issue #5045)
  89 - The lpadmin command would create a non-working printer in some error cases
  90   (Issue #5305)
  91 - The scheduler would crash if an empty `AccessLog` directive was specified
  92   (Issue #5309)
  93 - The scheduler did not idle-exit on some Linux distributions (Issue #5319)
  94 - Fixed a regression in the changes to ippValidateAttribute (Issue #5322,
  95   Issue #5330)
  96 - Fixed a crash bug in the Epson dot matrix driver (Issue #5323)
  97 - Automatic debug logging of job errors did not work with systemd (Issue #5337)
  98 - The web interface did not list the IPP Everywhere "driver" (Issue #5338)
  99 - The scheduler did not report all of the supported job options and values
 100   (Issue #5340)
 101 - The IPP Everywhere "driver" now properly supports face-up printers
 102   (Issue #5345)
 103 - Fixed some typos in the label printer drivers (Issue #5350)
 104 - Setting the `Community` name to the empty string in `snmp.conf` now disables
 105   SNMP supply level monitoring by all the standard network backends
 106   (Issue #5354)
 107 - Multi-file jobs could get stuck if the backend failed (Issue #5359,
 108   Issue #5413)
 109 - The IPP Everywhere "driver" no longer does local filtering when printing to
 110   a shared CUPS printer (Issue #5361)
 111 - The lpadmin command now correctly reports IPP errors when configuring an
 112   IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5370)
 113 - Fixed some memory leaks discovered by Coverity (Issue #5375)
 114 - The PPD compiler incorrectly terminated JCL options (Issue #5379)
 115 - The cupstestppd utility did not generate errors for missing/mismatched
 116   CloseUI/JCLCloseUI keywords (Issue #5381)
 117 - The scheduler now reports the actual location of the log file (Issue #5398)
 118 - Added USB quirk rules (Issue #5395, Issue #5420, Issue #5443)
 119 - The generated PPD files for IPP Everywhere printers did not contain the
 120   cupsManualCopies keyword (Issue #5433)
 121 - Kerberos credentials might be truncated (Issue #5435)
 122 - The handling of `MaxJobTime 0` did not match the documentation (Issue #5438)
 123 - Fixed a bug adding a queue with the `-E` option (Issue #5440)
 124 - The `cupsaddsmb` program has been removed (Issue #5449)
 125 - The `cupstestdsc` program has been removed (Issue #5450)
 126 - The scheduler was being backgrounded on macOS, causing applications to spin
 127   (rdar://40436080)
 128 - The scheduler did not validate that required initial request attributes were
 129   in the operation group (rdar://41098178)
 130 - Authentication in the web interface did not work on macOS (rdar://41444473)
 131 - Fixed an issue with HTTP Digest authentication (rdar://41709086)
 132 - The scheduler could crash when job history was purged (rdar://42198057)
 133 - Fixed a crash bug when mapping PPD duplex options to IPP attributes
 134   (rdar://46183976)
 135 - Fixed a memory leak for some IPP (extension) syntaxes.
 136 - The `cupscgi`, `cupsmime`, and `cupsppdc` support libraries are no longer
 137   installed as shared libraries.
 138 - The `snmp` backend is now deprecated.
 139
 140
 141 Changes in CUPS v2.3b5
 142 ----------------------
 143
 144 - The `ipptool` program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running
 145   in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
 146 - The `cupsCreateJob`, `cupsPrintFile2`, and `cupsPrintFiles2` APIs did not use
 147   the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5288)
 148 - Fixed another crash in the scheduler when adding an IPP Everywhere printer
 149   (Issue #5290)
 150 - Added a workaround for certain web browsers that do not support multiple
 151   authentication schemes in a single response header (Issue #5289)
 152 - Fixed policy limits containing the `All` operation (Issue #5296)
 153 - The scheduler was always restarted after idle-exit with systemd (Issue #5297)
 154 - Added a USB quirks rule for the HP LaserJet P1102 (Issue #5310)
 155 - The mailto notifier did not wait for the welcome message (Issue #5312)
 156 - Fixed a parsing bug in the pstops filter (Issue #5321)
 157 - Documentation updates (Issue #5299, Issue #5301, Issue #5306)
 158 - Localization updates (Issue #5317)
 159 - The scheduler allowed environment variables to be specified in the
 160   `cupsd.conf` file (rdar://37836779, rdar://37836995, rdar://37837252,
 161   rdar://37837581)
 162 - Fax queues did not support pause (p) or wait-for-dialtone (w) characters
 163   (rdar://39212256)
 164 - The scheduler did not validate notify-recipient-uri values properly
 165   (rdar://40068936)
 166 - The IPP parser allowed invalid group tags (rdar://40442124)
 167 - Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.
 168
 169
 170 Changes in CUPS v2.3b4
 171 ----------------------
 172
 173 - NOTICE: Printer drivers are now deprecated (Issue #5270)
 174 - Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly
 175   (Issue #5233)
 176 - Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
 177 - Fixed installation of filters (Issue #5247)
 178 - The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1
 179   print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
 180 - Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
 181 - Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
 182 - Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
 183 - Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so
 184   don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
 185 - The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
 186 - The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule
 187   (Issue #5259)
 188 - Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that
 189   required a restart (Issue #5263)
 190 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword`
 191   keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
 192 - Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
 193 - Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
 194 - Fixed an RPM packaging problem (Issue #5276)
 195 - The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
 196 - TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
 197 - Temp files could not be created in some sandboxed applications
 198   (rdar://37789645)
 199 - The ipptool `--ippserver` option did not encode out-of-band attributes
 200   correctly.
 201 - Added public `cupsEncodeOption` API for encoding a single option as an IPP
 202   attribute.
 203 - Removed support for the `-D_PPD_DEPRECATED=""` developer cheat - the PPD API
 204   should no longer be used.
 205 - Removed support for `-D_IPP_PRIVATE_STRUCTURES=1` developer cheat - the IPP
 206   accessor functions should be used instead.
 207
 208
 209 Changes in CUPS v2.3b3
 210 ----------------------
 211
 212 - More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
 213 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not support deep grayscale or 8-bit per
 214   component AdobeRGB (Issue #5227)
 215 - Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid
 216   job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
 217 - Localization changes (Issue #5232, rdar://37068158)
 218 - The `cupsCopyDestInfo` function did not work with all print queues
 219   (Issue #5235)
 220
 221
 222 Changes in CUPS v2.3b2
 223 ----------------------
 224
 225 - Localization changes (Issue #5210)
 226 - Build fixes (Issue #5217)
 227 - IPP Everywhere PPDs were not localized to English (Issue #5205)
 228 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsEnumDests` functions no longer filter out local
 229   print services like IPP USB devices (Issue #5206)
 230 - The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value
 231   (Issue #5208)
 232 - Printing to old CUPS servers has been fixed (Issue #5211)
 233 - The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
 234 - All HTTP field values can now be longer than `HTTP_MAX_VALUE` bytes
 235   (Issue #5216)
 236 - Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
 237 - The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some
 238   formats (Issue #5225)
 239 - Fixed an issue with mapping finishing options (rdar://34250727)
 240 - The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version
 241   of "none" (rdar://36566269)
 242 - The scheduler did not add ".local" to the default DNS-SD host name when
 243   needed.
 244
 245
 246 Changes in CUPS v2.3b1
 247 ----------------------
 248
 249 - CUPS is now provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 250 - Documentation updates (Issue #4580, Issue #5177, Issue #5192)
 251 - The `cupsCopyDestConflicts` function now handles collection attribute
 252   ("media-col", "finishings-col", etc.) constraints (Issue #4096)
 253 - The `lpoptions` command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
 254 - The `lpstat` command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
 255 - The `ippfind` command now supports finding printers whose name starts with an
 256   underscore (Issue #4833)
 257 - The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication
 258   specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
 259 - The scheduler now supports the "printer-id" attribute (Issue #4868)
 260 - No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names
 261   (Issue #4966)
 262 - The scheduler no longer logs pages as they are printed, instead just logging
 263   a total of the pages printed at job completion (Issue #4991)
 264 - Dropped RSS subscription management from the web interface (Issue #5012)
 265 - Bonjour printer sharing now uses the DNS-SD hostname (or ServerName value if
 266   none is defined) when registering shared printers on the network (Issue #5071)
 267 - The `ipptool` command now supports writing `ippserver` attributes files
 268   (Issue #5093)
 269 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now provide better error messages when the default
 270   printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
 271 - The `lpadmin` command now provides a better error message when an unsupported
 272   System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
 273 - The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there
 274   were open client connections (Issue #5118)
 275 - The `SSLOptions` directive now supports `MinTLS` and `MaxTLS` options to
 276   control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed,
 277   respectively (Issue #5119)
 278 - Dropped hard-coded CGI scripting language support (Issue #5124)
 279 - The `cupsEnumDests` function did not include options from the lpoptions
 280   files (Issue #5144)
 281 - Fixed the `ippserver` sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable
 282   (Issue #5154)
 283 - Added label markup to checkbox and radio button controls in the web interface
 284   templates (Issue #5161)
 285 - Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
 286 - Improved IPP Everywhere media support, including a new
 287   `cupsAddDestMediaOptions` function (Issue #5167)
 288 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now include localizations of printer-specific media types,
 289   when available (Issue #5168)
 290 - The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop
 291   was seen (Issue #5170)
 292 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support IPP job presets (Issue #5179)
 293 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support finishing templates (Issue #5180)
 294 - Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
 295 - Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions
 296   (Issue #5185)
 297 - The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when
 298   running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
 299 - The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
 300 - The scheduler now generates a strings file for localizing PPD options
 301   (Issue #5194)