CHANGES.md

   1 CHANGES - 2.2.6 - 2017-10-23
   2 ============================
   3
   4
   5 Changes in CUPS v2.2.6
   6 ----------------------
   7
   8 - DBUS notifications could crash the scheduler (Issue #5143)
   9 - Added USB quirks rules for Canon MP540 and Samsung ML-2160 (Issue #5148)
  10 - Fixed TLS cipher suite selection with GNU TLS (Issue #5145, Issue #5150)
  11 - Localization updates (Issue #5152)
  12
  13
  14 Changes in CUPS v2.2.5
  15 ----------------------
  16
  17 - The scheduler's `-t` option did not force all errors to the standard error
  18   file, making debugging of configuration problems hard (Issue #5041)
  19 - Fixed a typo in the CUPS Programming Manual (Issue #5042)
  20 - Fixed RPM packaging issue (Issue #5043, Issue #5044)
  21 - The `cupsGetDests` function incorrectly returned an empty list of printers if
  22   there was no default printer (Issue #5046)
  23 - The `cupsGetDests` function waited too long for network printers (Issue #5049)
  24 - Libtool support was completely broken with current libtool versions that use
  25   an incompatible command-line syntax (Issue #5050)
  26 - Fixed a build issue with `--enable-mallinfo` (Issue #5051)
  27 - The ippserver test program contained a deadlock issue (Issue #5054)
  28 - The `cupsLocalizeDest*` functions did not provide base localizations for
  29   all registered IPP attributes and values (Issue #5056)
  30 - The --enable-libtool configure option requires a path to the libtool program,
  31   but doesn't document or check for it (Issue #5062)
  32 - Fixed the `SSLOptions DenyCBC` option when using GNU TLS (Issue #5065)
  33 - Fixed the `ServerTokens None` option (Issue #5065)
  34 - Fixed the default `ServerAlias` value from `ServerName` (Issue #5072)
  35 - Fixed the adminurl field in the TXT record for fully-qualified `ServerName`
  36   values (Issue #5074)
  37 - The scheduler now creates a PID file when not running on demand with a modern
  38   service launcher (Issue #5080)
  39 - The web interface did not support newer language identifiers used by Microsoft
  40   web browsers (Issue #5803)
  41 - Updated the cups-files.conf and cupsd.conf file documentation for missing
  42   directives (Issue #5084)
  43 - Fixed an Avahi-related crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5085, Issue #5086)
  44 - Fixed the interactions between the "print-quality" and "cupsPrintQuality"
  45   options (Issue #5090)
  46 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator now sorts the supported resolutions before
  47   choosing them for draft, normal, and best quality modes (Issue #5091)
  48 - Fixed the localization unit test on Linux (Issue #5097)
  49 - The CUPS library did not reuse domain sockets (Issue #5098)
  50 - Fixed the "make check" target for some environments (Issue #5099)
  51 - The scheduler woke up once per second to remove old temporary queues
  52   (Issue #5100)
  53 - Added USB quirk rule for Kyocera printer (Issue #5102, Issue #5103)
  54 - Re-documented the limits of `file:///...` device URIs and moved the FileDevice
  55   directive in `cups-files.conf` to the list of deprecated configuration
  56   directives (Issue #5117)
  57 - Added USB quirk rule for HP LaserJet 1160 printer (Issue #5121)
  58 - Fixed the script interpreter detection in the configure script (Issue #5122)
  59 - The network backends now retry on more error conditions (Issue #5123)
  60 - Added a French translation of the web interface (Issue #5134)
  61 - `cupsGetDests2` was not using the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5135)
  62 - `httpAddrConnect` leaked sockets in certain circumstances, causing some
  63   printers to hang (rdar://31965686)
  64 - Fixed an issue with Chinese localizations on macOS (rdar://32419311)
  65 - The IPP backend now always sends the "finishings" attribute for printers that
  66   support it because otherwise the client cannot override printer defaults
  67   (rdar://33169732)
  68 - The `cupsGetNamedDest` function did not use the local default printer
  69   (rdar://33228500)
  70 - The IPP backend incorrectly sent the "job-pages-per-set" attribute to PDF
  71   printers (rdar://33250434)
  72 - Fixed the `cups.strings` file that is used on macOS (rdar://33287650)
  73 - CUPS now sends the `Date` HTTP header in IPP requests (rdar://33302034)
  74 - The `ippCopyAttribute` function did not copy out-of-band values correctly
  75   (rdar://33688003)
  76 - Fixed the localization fallback code on macOS (rdar://33583699)
  77 - The scheduler did not run with a high enough priority, causing problems on
  78   busy systems (rdar://33789342)
  79 - Added support for Japanese Kaku 1 envelope size (rdar://34774110)
  80 - The `ipptool` program's `-P` option did not work correctly.
  81 - The `ipptool` program did not compare URI scheme or hostname components
  82   correctly for the WITH-ALL-HOSTNAMES, WITH-ALL-SCHEMES, WITH-HOSTNAME, or
  83   WITH-SCHEME predicates.
  84
  85
  86 Changes in CUPS v2.2.4
  87 ----------------------
  88
  89 - The scheduler did not remove old job files (Issue #4987)
  90 - cupsEnumDests did not return early when all printers had been discovered
  91   (Issue #4989)
  92 - The CUPS build system now supports cross-compilation (Issue #4897)
  93 - Added a new CUPS Programming Manual to replace the aging API documentation.
  94 - Added the `cupsAddIntegerOption` and `cupsGetIntegerOption` functions
  95   (Issue #4992)
  96 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsCreateJob` functions now support Bonjour printers
  97   (Issue #4993)
  98 - Added a USB quirk rule for Lexmark E260dn printers (Issue #4994)
  99 - Fixed a potential buffer overflow in the `cupstestppd` utility (Issue #4996)
 100 - IPP Everywhere improvements (Issue #4998)
 101 - Fixed the "cancel all jobs" function in the web interface for several
 102   languages (Issue #4999)
 103 - Fixed issues with local queues (Issue #5003, Issue #5008, Issue #5009)
 104 - The `lpstat` command now supports a `-e` option to enumerate local printers
 105   (either previously added or on the network) that can be accessed
 106   (Issue #5005)
 107 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now support printing to network printers that
 108   haven't yet been added (Issue #5006)
 109 - Fixed a typo in the mime.types file.
 110 - Fixed a bug in the Spanish web interface template (Issue #5016)
 111 - The `cupsEnumDests*` and `cupsGetDest*` functions now report the value of the
 112   "printer-is-temporary" Printer Status attribute (Issue #5028)
 113 - Added Chinese localization (Issue #5029)
 114 - The `cupsCheckDestSupported` function did not support `NULL` values
 115   (Issue #5031)
 116 - Fixed some issues in the RPM spec file (Issue #5032)
 117 - The `cupsConnectDest` function now supports the `CUPS_DEST_FLAGS_DEVICE` flag
 118   for explicitly connecting to the device (printer) associated with the
 119   destination.
 120 - The `SSLOptions` directive in "client.conf" and "cupsd.conf" now supports
 121   `DenyCBC` and `DenyTLS1.0` options (Issue #5037)
 122
 123
 124 Changes in CUPS v2.2.3
 125 ----------------------
 126
 127 - The IPP backend could get into an infinite loop for certain errors, causing a
 128   hung queue (<rdar://problem/28008717>)
 129 - The scheduler could pause responding to client requests in order to save state
 130   changes to disk (<rdar://problem/28690656>)
 131 - Added support for PPD finishing keywords (Issue #4960, Issue #4961,
 132   Issue #4962)
 133 - The IPP backend did not send a media-col attribute for just the source or type
 134   (Issue #4963)
 135 - IPP Everywhere print queues did not always support all print qualities
 136   supported by the printer (Issue #4953)
 137 - IPP Everywhere print queues did not always support all media types supported
 138   by the printer (Issue #4953)
 139 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not return useful error messages
 140   (Issue #4954)
 141 - The IPP Everywhere finishings support did not work correctly with common UI or
 142   command-line options (Issue #4976)
 143 - Fixed an error handling issue for the network backends (Issue #4979)
 144 - The default cupsd.conf file did not work on systems compiled without Kerberos
 145   support (Issue #4947)
 146 - The "reprint job" option was not available for some canceled jobs
 147   (Issue #4915)
 148 - Updated the job listing in the web interface (Issue #4978)
 149 - Fixed some localization issues on macOS (<rdar://problem/27245567>)
 150
 151
 152 Changes in CUPS v2.2.2
 153 ----------------------
 154
 155 - Fixed some issues with the Zebra ZPL printer driver (Issue #4898)
 156 - Fixed some issues with IPP Everywhere printer support (Issue #4893,
 157   Issue #4909, Issue #4916, Issue #4921, Issue #4923, Issue #4932, Issue #4933,
 158   Issue #4938)
 159 - The rastertopwg filter could crash with certain input (Issue #4942)
 160 - Optimized connection usage in the IPP backend (<rdar://problem/29547323>)
 161 - The scheduler did not detect when an encrypted connection was closed by the
 162   client on Linux (Issue #4901)
 163 - The cups-lpd program did not catch all legacy usage of ISO-8859-1
 164   (Issue #4899)
 165 - Fixed builds on systems without a working poll() implementation (Issue #4905)
 166 - Added a USB quirk rule for the Kyocera Ecosys P6026cdn (Issue #4900)
 167 - The scheduler no longer creates log files on startup
 168   (<rdar://problem/28332470>)
 169 - The ippContainsString function now uses case-insensitive comparisons for
 170   mimeMediaType, name, and text values in conformance with RFC 2911.
 171 - The network backends now log the addresses that were found for a printer
 172   (<rdar://problem/29268474>)
 173 - Let's Encrypt certificates did not work when the hostname contained uppercase
 174   letters (Issue #4919)
 175 - Fixed reporting of printed pages in the web interface (Issue #4924)
 176 - Updated systemd config files (Issue #4935)
 177 - Updated documentation (PR #4896)
 178 - Updated localizations (PR #4894, PR #4895, PR #4904, PR #4908, Issue #4946)
 179 - Updated packaging files (Issue #4940)
 180
 181
 182 Changes in CUPS v2.2.1
 183 ----------------------
 184
 185 - Added "CreateSelfSignedCerts" directive for cups-files.conf to control whether
 186   the scheduler automatically creates its own self-signed X.509 certificates for
 187   TLS connections (Issue #4876)
 188 - http*Connect did not handle partial failures (Issue #4870)
 189 - Addressed some build warnings on Linux (Issue #4881)
 190 - cupsHashData did not use the correct hashing algorithm
 191   (<rdar://problem/28209220>)
 192 - Updated man pages (PR #4885)
 193 - Updated localizations (PR #4877, PR #4886)
 194
 195
 196 Changes in CUPS v2.2.0
 197 ----------------------
 198
 199 - Normalized the TLS certificate validation code and added additional error
 200   messages to aid troubleshooting.
 201 - The httpConnect functions did not work on Linux when cupsd was not running
 202   (Issue #4870)
 203 - The --no-remote-any option of cupsctl had no effect (Issue #4866)
 204 - http*Connect did not return early when all addresses failed (Issue #4870)
 205
 206
 207 Changes in CUPS v2.2rc1
 208 -----------------------
 209
 210 - Updated the list of supported IPP Everywhere media types.
 211 - The IPP backend did not validate TLS credentials properly.
 212 - The printer-state-message attribute was not cleared after a print job with no
 213   errors (Issue #4851)
 214 - The CUPS-Add-Modify-Class and CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer operations did not
 215   always return an error for failed adds (Issue #4854)
 216 - PPD files with names longer than 127 bytes did not work (Issue #4860)
 217 - Updated localizations (Issue #4846, PR #4858)
 218
 219
 220 Changes in CUPS v2.2b2
 221 ----------------------
 222
 223 - Added Upstart support (PR #4825)
 224 - CUPS now supports Let's Encrypt certificates on Linux.
 225
 226
 227 Changes in CUPS v2.2b1
 228 ----------------------
 229
 230 - All CUPS commands now support POSIX options (Issue #4813)
 231 - The scheduler now restarts faster (Issue #4760)
 232 - Improved performance of web interface with large numbers of jobs (Issue #3819)
 233 - Encrypted printing can now be limited to only trusted printers and servers
 234   (<rdar://problem/25711658>)
 235 - The scheduler now advertises PWG Raster attributes for IPP Everywhere clients
 236   (Issue #4428)
 237 - The scheduler now logs informational messages for jobs at LogLevel "info"
 238   (Issue #4815)
 239 - The scheduler now uses the getgrouplist function when available (Issue #4611)
 240 - The IPP backend no longer enables compression by default except for certain
 241   raster formats that generally benefit from it (<rdar://problem/25166952>)
 242 - The scheduler did not handle out-of-disk situations gracefully (Issue #4742)
 243 - The LPD mini-daemon now detects invalid UTF-8 sequences in job, document, and
 244   user names (Issue #4748)
 245 - The IPP backend now continues on to the next job when the remote server/
 246   printer puts the job on hold (<rdar://problem/24858548>)
 247 - The scheduler did not cancel multi-document jobs immediately
 248   (<rdar://problem/24854834>)
 249 - The scheduler did not return non-shared printers to local clients unless they
 250   connected to the domain socket (<rdar://problem/24566996>)
 251 - The scheduler now reads the spool directory if one or more job cache entries
 252   point to deleted jobs (<rdar://problem/24048846>)
 253 - Added support for disc media sizes (<rdar://problem/20219536>)
 254 - The httpAddrConnect and httpConnect* APIs now try connecting to multiple
 255   addresses in parallel (<rdar://problem/20643153>)
 256 - The cupsd domain socket is no longer world-accessible on macOS
 257   (<rdar://problem/7542560>)
 258 - Interface scripts are no longer supported for security reasons
 259   (<rdar://problem/23135640>)
 260 - Added a new cupsHashData API and support for hashed job passwords
 261   (<rdar://problem/20221502>)
 262 - Localization fixes (<rdar://problem/25292403>, <rdar://problem/25461517>,
 263   Issue #4041, Issue #4796)
 264 - Documentation changes (Issue #4624, Issue #4781)
 265 - Packaging fixes (PR #4832)