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