CHANGES-1.7.txt --------------- CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7.0 - Updated the Japanese localization. - Network backends now use the prtMarkerSuppliesClass property to determine the direction of supply level values () - The scheduler did not remove backup PPD files when a printer was deleted () - The scheduler incorrectly responded to HEAD requests when the web interface was disabled () - The scheduler did not respond using the hostname specified by the client () - Fax queues did not work when shared via Bonjour () - Error messages from the scheduler were not localized using the language specified in the client's IPP request () - Added an Italian localization () - Fixed a couple memory leaks in ippfind that were reported by Clang. - Fixed a compile issue on 64-bit Linux with Clang - need to use the -pie option instead of -Wl,-pie now () - The ippfind utility reported the wrong port numbers when compiled against Avahi () - httpGetFd, httpGetFile, httpPutFd, and httpPutFile did not automatically reconnect if the server closed the connecion after the previous response. - Fixed a compile error in libcups () - The scheduler incorrectly did not pass a FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE environment variable to the filters or backend () - The cups-exec helper program could fail randomly on OS X due to sandbox violations when closing excess file descriptors () - The scheduler incorrectly did not use the kqueue interface on OS X. CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7rc1 - Printer xxx-default values were not reported by Get-Printer-Attributes or lpoptions () - Fixed deprecation warnings for many functions on OS X so they are tied to the deployment version when building () - Fixed a build issue on ARM-based Linux systems - unable to validate va_list arguments. - Added a new ippfind tool for finding IPP printers and other Bonjour services () - Fixed some issues with conversion of PWG media size names to hundredths of millimeters () - The IPP backend could crash on OS X when printing to a Kerberized printer () - The ipptool program now automatically extends timeouts when the output buffer is filled () - The ipptool program now supports the --help and --version options. - The ipptool program did not continue past include file errors by default () - The ipptool program now supports FILE-ID and TEST-ID directives and includes their values in its XML output () - The ipptool program now supports WITH-HOSTNAME, WITH-RESOURCE, and WITH-SCHEME expect predicates to compare the corresponding URI components () CHANGES IN CUPS V1.7b1 - The configure script now supports a --with-rundir option to change the transient run-time state directory from the default to other locations like /run/cups (STR #4306) - The scheduler now supports PPD lookups for classes (STR #4296) - The cupsfilter program did not set the FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE environment variable for filters. - Added a new "-x" option to the cancel command (STR #4103) - Made the PWG media handling APIs public (STR #4267) - Implemented ready media support for the cupsGetDestMediaXxx APIs (STR #4289) - Added new cupsFindDestDefault, cupsFindDestReady, and cupsFindDestSupported APIs (STR #4289) - Added new cupsGetDestMediaByIndex, cupsGetDestMediaCount, and cupsGetDestMediaDefault APIs (STR #4289) - Added new ippGet/SetOctetString APIs for getting and setting an octetString value (STR #4289) - Added new ippCreateRequestedArray API for generating a array of attributes from the requested-attributes attribute. - The ipptool utility now supports compression, conditional tests based on the presence of files, and new DEFINE predicates for STATUS. - Added new IPP APIs for checking values (STR #4167) - Added new IPP APis for adding and setting formatted strings. - Added new HTTP APIs to support basic server functionality via libcups. - The dnssd backend now generates a 1284 device ID as needed (STR #3702) - CUPS now supports compressing and decompressing streamed data (STR #4168) - CUPS now supports higher-level PIN printing, external accounting systems, and "print here" printing environments (STR #4169) - IRIX is no longer a supported operating system (STR #4092) - The PPD compiler now supports JCL options properly (STR #4115) - The web interface now checks whether the web browser has cookies enabled and displays a suitable error message (STR #4141)