CHANGES.md

   1 CHANGES - 2.3.0 - 2019-08-07
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   3
   4
   5 Changes in CUPS v2.3.0
   6 ----------------------
   7
   8 - Documentation updates (Issue #5604)
   9 - Fixed a bug in the scheduler job cleanup code (Issue #5588)
  10 - Fixed builds when there is no TLS library (Issue #5590)
  11 - Eliminated some new GCC compiler warnings (Issue #5591)
  12 - Removed dead code from the scheduler (Issue #5593)
  13 - "make" failed with GZIP options (Issue #5595)
  14 - Fixed potential excess logging from the scheduler when removing job files
  15   (Issue #5597)
  16 - Fixed a NULL pointer dereference bug in `httpGetSubField2` (Issue #5598)
  17 - Added FIPS-140 workarounds for GNU TLS (Issue #5601, Issue #5622)
  18 - The scheduler no longer provides a default value for the description
  19   (Issue #5603)
  20 - The scheduler now logs jobs held for authentication using the error level so
  21   it is clear what happened (Issue #5604)
  22 - The `lpadmin` command did not always update the PPD file for changes to the
  23   `cupsIPPSupplies` and `cupsSNMPSupplies` keywords (Issue #5610)
  24 - The scheduler now uses both the group's membership list as well as the
  25   various OS-specific membership functions to determine whether a user belongs
  26   to a named group (Issue #5613)
  27 - Added USB quirks rule for HP LaserJet 1015 (Issue #5617)
  28 - Fixed some PPD parser issues (Issue #5623, Issue #5624)
  29 - The IPP parser no longer allows invalid member attributes in collections
  30   (Issue #5630)
  31 - Fixed an issue with unsupported "sides" values in the IPP backend
  32   (rdar://51775322)
  33 - The scheduler would restart continuously when idle and printers were not
  34   shared (rdar://52561199)
  35 - Fixed an issue with `EXPECT !name WITH-VALUE ...` tests.
  36 - Fixed a command ordering issue in the Zebra ZPL driver.
  37 - Fixed a memory leak in `ppdOpen`.
  38
  39
  40 Changes in CUPS v2.3rc1
  41 -----------------------
  42
  43 - The `cups-config` script no longer adds extra libraries when linking against
  44   shared libraries (Issue #5261)
  45 - The supplied example print documents have been optimized for size
  46   (Issue #5529)
  47 - The `cupsctl` command now prevents setting "cups-files.conf" directives
  48   (Issue #5530)
  49 - The "forbidden" message in the web interface is now explained (Issue #5547)
  50 - The footer in the web interface covered some content on small displays
  51   (Issue #5574)
  52 - The libusb-based USB backend now enforces read limits, improving print speed
  53   in many cases (Issue #5583)
  54 - The `ippeveprinter` command now looks for print commands in the "command"
  55   subdirectory.
  56 - The `ipptool` command now supports `$date-current` and `$date-start` variables
  57   to insert the current and starting date and time values, as well as ISO-8601
  58   relative time values such as "PT30S" for 30 seconds in the future.
  59
  60
  61 Changes in CUPS v2.3b8
  62 ----------------------
  63
  64 - Media size matching now uses a tolerance of 0.5mm (rdar://33822024)
  65 - The lpadmin command would hang with a bad PPD file (rdar://41495016)
  66 - Fixed a potential crash bug in cups-driverd (rdar://46625579)
  67 - Fixed a performance regression with large PPDs (rdar://47040759)
  68 - Fixed a memory reallocation bug in HTTP header value expansion
  69   (rdar://problem/50000749)
  70 - Timed out job submission now yields an error (Issue #5570)
  71 - Restored minimal support for the `Emulators` keyword in PPD files to allow
  72   old Samsung printer drivers to continue to work (Issue #5562)
  73 - The scheduler did not encode octetString values like "job-password" correctly
  74   for the print filters (Issue #5558)
  75 - The `cupsCheckDestSupported` function did not check octetString values
  76   correctly (Issue #5557)
  77 - Added support for `UserAgentTokens` directive in "client.conf" (Issue #5555)
  78 - Updated the systemd service file for cupsd (Issue #5551)
  79 - The `ippValidateAttribute` function did not catch all instances of invalid
  80   UTF-8 strings (Issue #5509)
  81 - Fixed an issue with the self-signed certificates generated by GNU TLS
  82   (Issue #5506)
  83 - Fixed a potential memory leak when reading at the end of a file (Issue #5473)
  84 - Fixed potential unaligned accesses in the string pool (Issue #5474)
  85 - Fixed a potential memory leak when loading a PPD file (Issue #5475)
  86 - Added a USB quirks rule for the Lexmark E120n (Issue #5478)
  87 - Updated the USB quirks rule for Zebra label printers (Issue #5395)
  88 - Fixed a compile error on Linux (Issue #5483)
  89 - The lpadmin command, web interface, and scheduler all queried an IPP
  90   Everywhere printer differently, resulting in different PPDs for the same
  91   printer (Issue #5484)
  92 - The web interface no longer provides access to the log files (Issue #5513)
  93 - Non-Kerberized printing to Windows via IPP was broken (Issue #5515)
  94 - Eliminated use of private headers and some deprecated macOS APIs (Issue #5516)
  95 - The scheduler no longer stops a printer if an error occurs when a job is
  96   canceled or aborted (Issue #5517)
  97 - Added a USB quirks rule for the DYMO 450 Turbo (Issue #5521)
  98 - Added a USB quirks rule for Xerox printers (Issue #5523)
  99 - The scheduler's self-signed certificate did not include all of the alternate
 100   names for the server when using GNU TLS (Issue #5525)
 101 - Fixed compiler warnings with newer versions of GCC (Issue #5532, Issue #5533)
 102 - Fixed some PPD caching and IPP Everywhere PPD accounting/password bugs
 103   (Issue #5535)
 104 - Fixed `PreserveJobHistory` bug with time values (Issue #5538)
 105 - The scheduler no longer advertises the HTTP methods it supports (Issue #5540)
 106 - Localization updates (Issue #5461, Issues #5471, Issue #5481, Issue #5486,
 107   Issue #5489, Issue #5491, Issue #5492, Issue #5493, Issue #5494, Issue #5495,
 108   Issue #5497, Issue #5499, Issue #5500, Issue #5501, Issue #5504)
 109 - The scheduler did not always idle exit as quickly as it could.
 110 - Added a new `ippeveprinter` command based on the old ippserver sample code.
 111
 112
 113 Changes in CUPS v2.3b7
 114 ----------------------
 115
 116 - Fixed some build failures (Issue #5451, Issue #5463)
 117 - Running ppdmerge with the same input and output filenames did not work as
 118   advertised (Issue #5455)
 119
 120
 121 Changes in CUPS v2.3b6
 122 ----------------------
 123
 124 - Localization update (Issue #5339, Issue #5348, Issue #5362, Issue #5408,
 125   Issue #5410)
 126 - Documentation updates (Issue #5369, Issue #5402, Issue #5403, Issue #5404)
 127 - CVE-2018-4300: Linux session cookies used a predictable random number seed.
 128 - All user commands now support the `--help` option (Issue #5326)
 129 - The `lpoptions` command now works with IPP Everywhere printers that have not
 130   yet been added as local queues (Issue #5045)
 131 - The lpadmin command would create a non-working printer in some error cases
 132   (Issue #5305)
 133 - The scheduler would crash if an empty `AccessLog` directive was specified
 134   (Issue #5309)
 135 - The scheduler did not idle-exit on some Linux distributions (Issue #5319)
 136 - Fixed a regression in the changes to ippValidateAttribute (Issue #5322,
 137   Issue #5330)
 138 - Fixed a crash bug in the Epson dot matrix driver (Issue #5323)
 139 - Automatic debug logging of job errors did not work with systemd (Issue #5337)
 140 - The web interface did not list the IPP Everywhere "driver" (Issue #5338)
 141 - The scheduler did not report all of the supported job options and values
 142   (Issue #5340)
 143 - The IPP Everywhere "driver" now properly supports face-up printers
 144   (Issue #5345)
 145 - Fixed some typos in the label printer drivers (Issue #5350)
 146 - Setting the `Community` name to the empty string in `snmp.conf` now disables
 147   SNMP supply level monitoring by all the standard network backends
 148   (Issue #5354)
 149 - Multi-file jobs could get stuck if the backend failed (Issue #5359,
 150   Issue #5413)
 151 - The IPP Everywhere "driver" no longer does local filtering when printing to
 152   a shared CUPS printer (Issue #5361)
 153 - The lpadmin command now correctly reports IPP errors when configuring an
 154   IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5370)
 155 - Fixed some memory leaks discovered by Coverity (Issue #5375)
 156 - The PPD compiler incorrectly terminated JCL options (Issue #5379)
 157 - The cupstestppd utility did not generate errors for missing/mismatched
 158   CloseUI/JCLCloseUI keywords (Issue #5381)
 159 - The scheduler now reports the actual location of the log file (Issue #5398)
 160 - Added USB quirk rules (Issue #5395, Issue #5420, Issue #5443)
 161 - The generated PPD files for IPP Everywhere printers did not contain the
 162   cupsManualCopies keyword (Issue #5433)
 163 - Kerberos credentials might be truncated (Issue #5435)
 164 - The handling of `MaxJobTime 0` did not match the documentation (Issue #5438)
 165 - Fixed a bug adding a queue with the `-E` option (Issue #5440)
 166 - The `cupsaddsmb` program has been removed (Issue #5449)
 167 - The `cupstestdsc` program has been removed (Issue #5450)
 168 - The scheduler was being backgrounded on macOS, causing applications to spin
 169   (rdar://40436080)
 170 - The scheduler did not validate that required initial request attributes were
 171   in the operation group (rdar://41098178)
 172 - Authentication in the web interface did not work on macOS (rdar://41444473)
 173 - Fixed an issue with HTTP Digest authentication (rdar://41709086)
 174 - The scheduler could crash when job history was purged (rdar://42198057)
 175 - Fixed a crash bug when mapping PPD duplex options to IPP attributes
 176   (rdar://46183976)
 177 - Fixed a memory leak for some IPP (extension) syntaxes.
 178 - The `cupscgi`, `cupsmime`, and `cupsppdc` support libraries are no longer
 179   installed as shared libraries.
 180 - The `snmp` backend is now deprecated.
 181
 182
 183 Changes in CUPS v2.3b5
 184 ----------------------
 185
 186 - The `ipptool` program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running
 187   in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
 188 - The `cupsCreateJob`, `cupsPrintFile2`, and `cupsPrintFiles2` APIs did not use
 189   the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5288)
 190 - Fixed another crash in the scheduler when adding an IPP Everywhere printer
 191   (Issue #5290)
 192 - Added a workaround for certain web browsers that do not support multiple
 193   authentication schemes in a single response header (Issue #5289)
 194 - Fixed policy limits containing the `All` operation (Issue #5296)
 195 - The scheduler was always restarted after idle-exit with systemd (Issue #5297)
 196 - Added a USB quirks rule for the HP LaserJet P1102 (Issue #5310)
 197 - The mailto notifier did not wait for the welcome message (Issue #5312)
 198 - Fixed a parsing bug in the pstops filter (Issue #5321)
 199 - Documentation updates (Issue #5299, Issue #5301, Issue #5306)
 200 - Localization updates (Issue #5317)
 201 - The scheduler allowed environment variables to be specified in the
 202   `cupsd.conf` file (rdar://37836779, rdar://37836995, rdar://37837252,
 203   rdar://37837581)
 204 - Fax queues did not support pause (p) or wait-for-dialtone (w) characters
 205   (rdar://39212256)
 206 - The scheduler did not validate notify-recipient-uri values properly
 207   (rdar://40068936)
 208 - The IPP parser allowed invalid group tags (rdar://40442124)
 209 - Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.
 210
 211
 212 Changes in CUPS v2.3b4
 213 ----------------------
 214
 215 - NOTICE: Printer drivers are now deprecated (Issue #5270)
 216 - Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly
 217   (Issue #5233)
 218 - Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
 219 - Fixed installation of filters (Issue #5247)
 220 - The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1
 221   print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
 222 - Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
 223 - Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
 224 - Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
 225 - Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so
 226   don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
 227 - The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
 228 - The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule
 229   (Issue #5259)
 230 - Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that
 231   required a restart (Issue #5263)
 232 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword`
 233   keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
 234 - Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
 235 - Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
 236 - Fixed an RPM packaging problem (Issue #5276)
 237 - The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
 238 - TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
 239 - Temp files could not be created in some sandboxed applications
 240   (rdar://37789645)
 241 - The ipptool `--ippserver` option did not encode out-of-band attributes
 242   correctly.
 243 - Added public `cupsEncodeOption` API for encoding a single option as an IPP
 244   attribute.
 245 - Removed support for the `-D_PPD_DEPRECATED=""` developer cheat - the PPD API
 246   should no longer be used.
 247 - Removed support for `-D_IPP_PRIVATE_STRUCTURES=1` developer cheat - the IPP
 248   accessor functions should be used instead.
 249
 250
 251 Changes in CUPS v2.3b3
 252 ----------------------
 253
 254 - More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
 255 - The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not support deep grayscale or 8-bit per
 256   component AdobeRGB (Issue #5227)
 257 - Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid
 258   job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
 259 - Localization changes (Issue #5232, rdar://37068158)
 260 - The `cupsCopyDestInfo` function did not work with all print queues
 261   (Issue #5235)
 262
 263
 264 Changes in CUPS v2.3b2
 265 ----------------------
 266
 267 - Localization changes (Issue #5210)
 268 - Build fixes (Issue #5217)
 269 - IPP Everywhere PPDs were not localized to English (Issue #5205)
 270 - The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsEnumDests` functions no longer filter out local
 271   print services like IPP USB devices (Issue #5206)
 272 - The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value
 273   (Issue #5208)
 274 - Printing to old CUPS servers has been fixed (Issue #5211)
 275 - The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
 276 - All HTTP field values can now be longer than `HTTP_MAX_VALUE` bytes
 277   (Issue #5216)
 278 - Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
 279 - The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some
 280   formats (Issue #5225)
 281 - Fixed an issue with mapping finishing options (rdar://34250727)
 282 - The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version
 283   of "none" (rdar://36566269)
 284 - The scheduler did not add ".local" to the default DNS-SD host name when
 285   needed.
 286
 287
 288 Changes in CUPS v2.3b1
 289 ----------------------
 290
 291 - CUPS is now provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 292 - Documentation updates (Issue #4580, Issue #5177, Issue #5192)
 293 - The `cupsCopyDestConflicts` function now handles collection attribute
 294   ("media-col", "finishings-col", etc.) constraints (Issue #4096)
 295 - The `lpoptions` command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
 296 - The `lpstat` command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
 297 - The `ippfind` command now supports finding printers whose name starts with an
 298   underscore (Issue #4833)
 299 - The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication
 300   specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
 301 - The scheduler now supports the "printer-id" attribute (Issue #4868)
 302 - No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names
 303   (Issue #4966)
 304 - The scheduler no longer logs pages as they are printed, instead just logging
 305   a total of the pages printed at job completion (Issue #4991)
 306 - Dropped RSS subscription management from the web interface (Issue #5012)
 307 - Bonjour printer sharing now uses the DNS-SD hostname (or ServerName value if
 308   none is defined) when registering shared printers on the network (Issue #5071)
 309 - The `ipptool` command now supports writing `ippserver` attributes files
 310   (Issue #5093)
 311 - The `lp` and `lpr` commands now provide better error messages when the default
 312   printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
 313 - The `lpadmin` command now provides a better error message when an unsupported
 314   System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
 315 - The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there
 316   were open client connections (Issue #5118)
 317 - The `SSLOptions` directive now supports `MinTLS` and `MaxTLS` options to
 318   control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed,
 319   respectively (Issue #5119)
 320 - Dropped hard-coded CGI scripting language support (Issue #5124)
 321 - The `cupsEnumDests` function did not include options from the lpoptions
 322   files (Issue #5144)
 323 - Fixed the `ippserver` sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable
 324   (Issue #5154)
 325 - Added label markup to checkbox and radio button controls in the web interface
 326   templates (Issue #5161)
 327 - Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
 328 - Improved IPP Everywhere media support, including a new
 329   `cupsAddDestMediaOptions` function (Issue #5167)
 330 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now include localizations of printer-specific media types,
 331   when available (Issue #5168)
 332 - The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop
 333   was seen (Issue #5170)
 334 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support IPP job presets (Issue #5179)
 335 - IPP Everywhere PPDs now support finishing templates (Issue #5180)
 336 - Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
 337 - Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions
 338   (Issue #5185)
 339 - The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when
 340   running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
 341 - The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
 342 - The scheduler now generates a strings file for localizing PPD options
 343   (Issue #5194)