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1 CHANGES - 2.3.0 - 2019-05-30
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3
4
5 Changes in CUPS v2.3.0
6 ----------------------
7
8 - Fixed a bug in the scheduler job cleanup code (Issue #5588)
9 - Fixed an issue with `EXPECT !name WITH-VALUE ...` tests.
10 - Fixed a command ordering issue in the Zebra ZPL driver.
11
12
13 Changes in CUPS v2.3rc1
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15
16 - The `cups-config` script no longer adds extra libraries when linking against
17 shared libraries (Issue #5261)
18 - The supplied example print documents have been optimized for size
19 (Issue #5529)
20 - The `cupsctl` command now prevents setting "cups-files.conf" directives
21 (Issue #5530)
22 - The "forbidden" message in the web interface is now explained (Issue #5547)
23 - The footer in the web interface covered some content on small displays
24 (Issue #5574)
25 - The libusb-based USB backend now enforces read limits, improving print speed
26 in many cases (Issue #5583)
27 - The `ippeveprinter` command now looks for print commands in the "command"
28 subdirectory.
29 - The `ipptool` command now supports `$date-current` and `$date-start` variables
30 to insert the current and starting date and time values, as well as ISO-8601
31 relative time values such as "PT30S" for 30 seconds in the future.
32
33
34 Changes in CUPS v2.3b8
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36
37 - Media size matching now uses a tolerance of 0.5mm (rdar://33822024)
38 - The lpadmin command would hang with a bad PPD file (rdar://41495016)
39 - Fixed a potential crash bug in cups-driverd (rdar://46625579)
40 - Fixed a performance regression with large PPDs (rdar://47040759)
41 - Fixed a memory reallocation bug in HTTP header value expansion
42 (rdar://problem/50000749)
43 - Timed out job submission now yields an error (Issue #5570)
44 - Restored minimal support for the `Emulators` keyword in PPD files to allow
45 old Samsung printer drivers to continue to work (Issue #5562)
46 - The scheduler did not encode octetString values like "job-password" correctly
47 for the print filters (Issue #5558)
48 - The `cupsCheckDestSupported` function did not check octetString values
49 correctly (Issue #5557)
50 - Added support for `UserAgentTokens` directive in "client.conf" (Issue #5555)
51 - Updated the systemd service file for cupsd (Issue #5551)
52 - The `ippValidateAttribute` function did not catch all instances of invalid
53 UTF-8 strings (Issue #5509)
54 - Fixed an issue with the self-signed certificates generated by GNU TLS
55 (Issue #5506)
56 - Fixed a potential memory leak when reading at the end of a file (Issue #5473)
57 - Fixed potential unaligned accesses in the string pool (Issue #5474)
58 - Fixed a potential memory leak when loading a PPD file (Issue #5475)
59 - Added a USB quirks rule for the Lexmark E120n (Issue #5478)
60 - Updated the USB quirks rule for Zebra label printers (Issue #5395)
61 - Fixed a compile error on Linux (Issue #5483)
62 - The lpadmin command, web interface, and scheduler all queried an IPP
63 Everywhere printer differently, resulting in different PPDs for the same
64 printer (Issue #5484)
65 - The web interface no longer provides access to the log files (Issue #5513)
66 - Non-Kerberized printing to Windows via IPP was broken (Issue #5515)
67 - Eliminated use of private headers and some deprecated macOS APIs (Issue #5516)
68 - The scheduler no longer stops a printer if an error occurs when a job is
69 canceled or aborted (Issue #5517)
70 - Added a USB quirks rule for the DYMO 450 Turbo (Issue #5521)
71 - Added a USB quirks rule for Xerox printers (Issue #5523)
72 - The scheduler's self-signed certificate did not include all of the alternate
73 names for the server when using GNU TLS (Issue #5525)
74 - Fixed compiler warnings with newer versions of GCC (Issue #5532, Issue #5533)
75 - Fixed some PPD caching and IPP Everywhere PPD accounting/password bugs
76 (Issue #5535)
77 - Fixed `PreserveJobHistory` bug with time values (Issue #5538)
78 - The scheduler no longer advertises the HTTP methods it supports (Issue #5540)
79 - Localization updates (Issue #5461, Issues #5471, Issue #5481, Issue #5486,
80 Issue #5489, Issue #5491, Issue #5492, Issue #5493, Issue #5494, Issue #5495,
81 Issue #5497, Issue #5499, Issue #5500, Issue #5501, Issue #5504)
82 - The scheduler did not always idle exit as quickly as it could.
83 - Added a new `ippeveprinter` command based on the old ippserver sample code.
84
85
86 Changes in CUPS v2.3b7
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88
89 - Fixed some build failures (Issue #5451, Issue #5463)
90 - Running ppdmerge with the same input and output filenames did not work as
91 advertised (Issue #5455)
92
93
94 Changes in CUPS v2.3b6
95 ----------------------
96
97 - Localization update (Issue #5339, Issue #5348, Issue #5362, Issue #5408,
98 Issue #5410)
99 - Documentation updates (Issue #5369, Issue #5402, Issue #5403, Issue #5404)
100 - CVE-2018-4300: Linux session cookies used a predictable random number seed.
101 - All user commands now support the `--help` option (Issue #5326)
102 - The `lpoptions` command now works with IPP Everywhere printers that have not
103 yet been added as local queues (Issue #5045)
104 - The lpadmin command would create a non-working printer in some error cases
105 (Issue #5305)
106 - The scheduler would crash if an empty `AccessLog` directive was specified
107 (Issue #5309)
108 - The scheduler did not idle-exit on some Linux distributions (Issue #5319)
109 - Fixed a regression in the changes to ippValidateAttribute (Issue #5322,
110 Issue #5330)
111 - Fixed a crash bug in the Epson dot matrix driver (Issue #5323)
112 - Automatic debug logging of job errors did not work with systemd (Issue #5337)
113 - The web interface did not list the IPP Everywhere "driver" (Issue #5338)
114 - The scheduler did not report all of the supported job options and values
115 (Issue #5340)
116 - The IPP Everywhere "driver" now properly supports face-up printers
117 (Issue #5345)
118 - Fixed some typos in the label printer drivers (Issue #5350)
119 - Setting the `Community` name to the empty string in `snmp.conf` now disables
120 SNMP supply level monitoring by all the standard network backends
121 (Issue #5354)
122 - Multi-file jobs could get stuck if the backend failed (Issue #5359,
123 Issue #5413)
124 - The IPP Everywhere "driver" no longer does local filtering when printing to
125 a shared CUPS printer (Issue #5361)
126 - The lpadmin command now correctly reports IPP errors when configuring an
127 IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5370)
128 - Fixed some memory leaks discovered by Coverity (Issue #5375)
129 - The PPD compiler incorrectly terminated JCL options (Issue #5379)
130 - The cupstestppd utility did not generate errors for missing/mismatched
131 CloseUI/JCLCloseUI keywords (Issue #5381)
132 - The scheduler now reports the actual location of the log file (Issue #5398)
133 - Added USB quirk rules (Issue #5395, Issue #5420, Issue #5443)
134 - The generated PPD files for IPP Everywhere printers did not contain the
135 cupsManualCopies keyword (Issue #5433)
136 - Kerberos credentials might be truncated (Issue #5435)
137 - The handling of `MaxJobTime 0` did not match the documentation (Issue #5438)
138 - Fixed a bug adding a queue with the `-E` option (Issue #5440)
139 - The `cupsaddsmb` program has been removed (Issue #5449)
140 - The `cupstestdsc` program has been removed (Issue #5450)
141 - The scheduler was being backgrounded on macOS, causing applications to spin
142 (rdar://40436080)
143 - The scheduler did not validate that required initial request attributes were
144 in the operation group (rdar://41098178)
145 - Authentication in the web interface did not work on macOS (rdar://41444473)
146 - Fixed an issue with HTTP Digest authentication (rdar://41709086)
147 - The scheduler could crash when job history was purged (rdar://42198057)
148 - Fixed a crash bug when mapping PPD duplex options to IPP attributes
149 (rdar://46183976)
150 - Fixed a memory leak for some IPP (extension) syntaxes.
151 - The `cupscgi`, `cupsmime`, and `cupsppdc` support libraries are no longer
152 installed as shared libraries.
153 - The `snmp` backend is now deprecated.
154
155
156 Changes in CUPS v2.3b5
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158
159 - The `ipptool` program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running
160 in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
161 - The `cupsCreateJob`, `cupsPrintFile2`, and `cupsPrintFiles2` APIs did not use
162 the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5288)
163 - Fixed another crash in the scheduler when adding an IPP Everywhere printer
164 (Issue #5290)
165 - Added a workaround for certain web browsers that do not support multiple
166 authentication schemes in a single response header (Issue #5289)
167 - Fixed policy limits containing the `All` operation (Issue #5296)
168 - The scheduler was always restarted after idle-exit with systemd (Issue #5297)
169 - Added a USB quirks rule for the HP LaserJet P1102 (Issue #5310)
170 - The mailto notifier did not wait for the welcome message (Issue #5312)
171 - Fixed a parsing bug in the pstops filter (Issue #5321)
172 - Documentation updates (Issue #5299, Issue #5301, Issue #5306)
173 - Localization updates (Issue #5317)
174 - The scheduler allowed environment variables to be specified in the
175 `cupsd.conf` file (rdar://37836779, rdar://37836995, rdar://37837252,
176 rdar://37837581)
177 - Fax queues did not support pause (p) or wait-for-dialtone (w) characters
178 (rdar://39212256)
179 - The scheduler did not validate notify-recipient-uri values properly
180 (rdar://40068936)
181 - The IPP parser allowed invalid group tags (rdar://40442124)
182 - Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.
183
184
185 Changes in CUPS v2.3b4
186 ----------------------
187
188 - NOTICE: Printer drivers are now deprecated (Issue #5270)
189 - Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly
190 (Issue #5233)
191 - Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
192 - Fixed installation of filters (Issue #5247)
193 - The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1
194 print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
195 - Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
196 - Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
197 - Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
198 - Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so
199 don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
200 - The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
201 - The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule
202 (Issue #5259)
203 - Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that
204 required a restart (Issue #5263)
205 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword`
206 keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
207 - Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
208 - Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
209 - Fixed an RPM packaging problem (Issue #5276)
210 - The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
211 - TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
212 - Temp files could not be created in some sandboxed applications
213 (rdar://37789645)
214 - The ipptool `--ippserver` option did not encode out-of-band attributes
215 correctly.
216 - Added public `cupsEncodeOption` API for encoding a single option as an IPP
217 attribute.
218 - Removed support for the `-D_PPD_DEPRECATED=""` developer cheat - the PPD API
219 should no longer be used.
220 - Removed support for `-D_IPP_PRIVATE_STRUCTURES=1` developer cheat - the IPP
221 accessor functions should be used instead.
222
223
224 Changes in CUPS v2.3b3
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226
227 - More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
228 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not support deep grayscale or 8-bit per
229 component AdobeRGB (Issue #5227)
230 - Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid
231 job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
232 - Localization changes (Issue #5232, rdar://37068158)
233 - The `cupsCopyDestInfo` function did not work with all print queues
234 (Issue #5235)
235
236
237 Changes in CUPS v2.3b2
238 ----------------------
239
240 - Localization changes (Issue #5210)
241 - Build fixes (Issue #5217)
242 - IPP Everywhere PPDs were not localized to English (Issue #5205)
243 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsEnumDests` functions no longer filter out local
244 print services like IPP USB devices (Issue #5206)
245 - The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value
246 (Issue #5208)
247 - Printing to old CUPS servers has been fixed (Issue #5211)
248 - The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
249 - All HTTP field values can now be longer than `HTTP_MAX_VALUE` bytes
250 (Issue #5216)
251 - Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
252 - The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some
253 formats (Issue #5225)
254 - Fixed an issue with mapping finishing options (rdar://34250727)
255 - The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version
256 of "none" (rdar://36566269)
257 - The scheduler did not add ".local" to the default DNS-SD host name when
258 needed.
259
260
261 Changes in CUPS v2.3b1
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263
264 - CUPS is now provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
265 - Documentation updates (Issue #4580, Issue #5177, Issue #5192)
266 - The `cupsCopyDestConflicts` function now handles collection attribute
267 ("media-col", "finishings-col", etc.) constraints (Issue #4096)
268 - The `lpoptions` command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
269 - The `lpstat` command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
270 - The `ippfind` command now supports finding printers whose name starts with an
271 underscore (Issue #4833)
272 - The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication
273 specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
274 - The scheduler now supports the "printer-id" attribute (Issue #4868)
275 - No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names
276 (Issue #4966)
277 - The scheduler no longer logs pages as they are printed, instead just logging
278 a total of the pages printed at job completion (Issue #4991)
279 - Dropped RSS subscription management from the web interface (Issue #5012)
280 - Bonjour printer sharing now uses the DNS-SD hostname (or ServerName value if
281 none is defined) when registering shared printers on the network (Issue #5071)
282 - The `ipptool` command now supports writing `ippserver` attributes files
283 (Issue #5093)
284 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now provide better error messages when the default
285 printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
286 - The `lpadmin` command now provides a better error message when an unsupported
287 System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
288 - The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there
289 were open client connections (Issue #5118)
290 - The `SSLOptions` directive now supports `MinTLS` and `MaxTLS` options to
291 control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed,
292 respectively (Issue #5119)
293 - Dropped hard-coded CGI scripting language support (Issue #5124)
294 - The `cupsEnumDests` function did not include options from the lpoptions
295 files (Issue #5144)
296 - Fixed the `ippserver` sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable
297 (Issue #5154)
298 - Added label markup to checkbox and radio button controls in the web interface
299 templates (Issue #5161)
300 - Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
301 - Improved IPP Everywhere media support, including a new
302 `cupsAddDestMediaOptions` function (Issue #5167)
303 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now include localizations of printer-specific media types,
304 when available (Issue #5168)
305 - The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop
306 was seen (Issue #5170)
307 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support IPP job presets (Issue #5179)
308 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support finishing templates (Issue #5180)
309 - Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
310 - Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions
311 (Issue #5185)
312 - The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when
313 running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
314 - The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
315 - The scheduler now generates a strings file for localizing PPD options
316 (Issue #5194)