-CHANGES.txt - 2007-09-28
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+CHANGES.txt - 1.6b1 - 2011-08-30
+--------------------------------
-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3.3
+CHANGES IN CUPS V1.6b1
- - The scheduler did not use the attributes-natural-language
- attribute when passing the LANG environment variable to
- cups-deviced or cups-driverd.
- - The scheduler did not use the printer-op-policy when
- modifying classes or printers (STR #2525)
- - The auth-info-required attribute was not always updated
- for remote queues that required authentication.
- - The German web interface localization contained errors
- (STR #2523)
- - The Swedish localization contained errors (STR #2522)
-
-
-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3.2
-
- - The 1.3.1 release was incorrectly created from the
- 1.4.x source tree (STR #2519)
- - Added support for 32/64-bit libraries on HP-UX
- (STR #2520)
- - The scheduler incorrectly used portrait as the default
- orientation (STR #2513)
- - The scheduler no longer writes the printcap file for
- every remote printer update (STR #2512)
- - Remote raw printing with multiple copies did not work
- (STR #2518)
- - Updated the configure script to require at least autoconf
- 2.60 (STR #2515)
- - Some gzip'd PPD files were not read in their entirety
- (STR #2510)
-
-
-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3.1
-
- - Documentation updates.
- - The USB backend on Mac OS X could hang if the driver and
- printer did not match.
- - Delegated Kerberos credentials were not working.
- - "make distclean" incorrectly removed the edit-config.tmpl
- files (STR #2508)
- - Fix compile problem on HP-UX (STR #2501)
- - The cupstestppd utility now tests for resolutions greater
- than 99999 DPI to detect a missing "x" between the X and Y
- resolutions.
- - Fixed many problems in the various translations and added
- a new "checkpo" utility to validate them.
- - The cupstestppd utility now tests the custom page size code
- for CUPS raster drivers.
- - cupsLangDefault() did not attempt to return a language that
- was supported by the calling application.
- - If a remote printer stopped while a job was being sent, the
- local queue would also get stopped and the job re-queued,
- resulting in duplicate prints in some cases.
- - A few Apple-specific job options needed to be omitted when
- printing a banner page.
- - The new peer credential support did not compile on FreeBSD
- (STR #2495)
- - Direct links to help files did not set the current section
- so the table-of-contents was not shown.
- - The configure script did not support --localedir=foo (STR #2488)
- - The backends were not displaying their localized messages.
- - CUPS-Authenticate-Job did not require Kerberos authentication
- on queues protected by Kerberos.
- - The Zebra ZPL driver did not work with Brady label printers
- (STR #2487)
- - Norwegian wasn't localized on Mac OS X.
- - getnameinfo() returns an error on some systems when DNS is
- not available, leading to numerous problems (STR #2486)
- - The cupsfilter command did not work properly on Mac OS X.
- - The scheduler makefile contained a typo (STR #2483)
- - The TBCP and BCP port monitors did not handle the trailing
- CTRL-D in some PostScript output properly.
- - Fixed the localization instructions and German template for
- the "Find New Printers" button (STR #2478)
- - The web interface did not work with the Chinese localization
- (STR #2477)
- - The web interface home page did not work for languages that
- were only partially localized (STR #2472)
- - Updated the Spanish web interface localization (STR #2473)
- - ppdLocalize() did not work for country-specific localizations.
-
-
-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3.0
-
- - The scheduler did not handle out-of-file conditions
- gracefully when accepting new connections, leading to
- heavy CPU usage.
- - The scheduler did not detect ServerBin misconfigurations
- (STR #2470)
- - "AuthType Default" did not work as expected when the
- "DefaultAuthType foo" line appeared after it in the
- cupsd.conf file.
- - The on-line help did not describe many common printing
- options (STR #1846)
- - The IPP backend did not return the "auth required" status
- when printing to a Kerberos-protected queue.
- - The scheduler was not looking in the correct directories
- for LSB PPD files (STR #2464)
- - Changed references to ESP Ghostscript to GPL Ghostscript
- (STR #2463)
- - The PostScript filter did not cleanly terminate when
- the job was canceled or stopped.
- - Fixed generation of Kerberos credentials for remote
- printing. Note that this requires a recent version of
- MIT Kerberos with a working krb5_cc_new_unique()
- function or Heimdal Kerberos.
- - Added Portuguese and updated Italian message catalogs.
-
-
-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3rc2
-
- - Added more range checking to the pdftops filter.
- - The scheduler would crash if a remote IPP queue was stopped
- (STR #2460)
- - The scheduler did not allow "DefaultAuthType None".
-
-
-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3rc1
-
- - Updated the German localization (STR #2443)
- - cupsAdminGetServerSettings() did not handle </Foo> properly.
- - When lprm and cancel are run with no job ID, they now will
- cancel the first stopped job if no pending or processing
- jobs are left in the queue.
- - The scheduler now logs successful print jobs, filter
- failures, and the job file types at the default log
- level (STR #2458)
- - The scheduler now logs the usernames it is using for
- authorization at LogLevel debug instead of debug2 (STR #2448)
- - Added Intellitech Intellibar and Zebra CPCL PPDs to the list
- of installed PPDs.
- - Added 6" and 8" wide label sizes for the Zebra ZPL Label
- Printer driver (STR #2442)
- - The cupsaddsmb program and web interface now support
- exporting of 64-bit Windows drivers, when available
- (STR #2439)
- - Moving a job that was printing did not stop the job on the
- original printer (STR #2262)
- - The cups-lpd mini-daemon did not work on Mac OS X server.
- - Added httpGetAuthString() and httpSetAuthString() APIs to get
- and set the current (cached) authorization string to use for
- HTTP requests.
- - Updated the default cupsd.conf policy to list the
- "administrative" operations separately from the "printer
- control" operations so that it is easier to define a
- group of users that are "printer operators".
- - The web interface now pulls the default cupsd.conf file
- from cupsd.conf.default in the CUPS config directory.
- - Added a help file for using Kerberos with CUPS.
- - The scheduler now strips the "@KDC" portion of Kerberos
- usernames since those usernames typically do not appear in
- the group membership lists used by CUPS.
- - cupsMarkOptions() could (incorrectly) leave multiple option
- choices marked.
- - Backends could (incorrectly) run as root during discovery
- (STR #2454)
- - Avahi is now supported for DNS-SD (Bonjour) printer sharing
- (STR #2455)
- - The default cupsd.conf file had typos and old operation names
- (STR #2450)
- - The scheduler now erases authentication cache files using the
- 7-pass US DoD algorithm.
- - Delegated Kerberos credentials (proxy authentication) did not
- work.
- - The filter makefile did not optimize the libcupsimage.2.dylib
- with a sectorder file.
- - The IPP backend incorrectly wrote an empty printer message
- when processing the "none" state reason.
- - The USB backend could deadlock on Mac OS X while performing
- a side-channel command.
- - The scheduler did not prevent remote queues from being
- shared/published.
- - The scheduler did not remove the temporary request file on
- authentication errors.
- - ppdLocalizeIPPReason() did not handle "scheme:" schemes or
- "file" URLs.
- - ppdLocalizeIPPReason() was not exported on Mac OS X.
-
-
-CHANGES IN CUPS V1.3b1
-
- - Copyright updates - CUPS is now owned by Apple Inc.
- - Documentation updates (STR #1775, STR #2027, STR #2130,
- STR #2131, STR #2263, STR #2356, STR #2397)
- - Added new cupsfilter utility (STR #1734)
- - Added new job-printer-state-message and
- job-printer-state-reasons attributes to jobs (STR #2418)
- - Added LDAP+SSL support (STR #1967)
- - CUPS now supports authentication via peer credentials
- over domain sockets (STR #2242, STR #2277)
- - The CUPS sample driver PPDs are now generated by the PPD
- compiler and include all of the localized languages by
- default (STR #2164)
- - You can now specify "AuthType Default" in the cupsd.conf
- file to use the default authentication defined by the
- DefaultAuthType directive.
- - The SNMP backend no longer adds a default Address line
- when none is specified in the snmp.conf file; this allows
- the backend to be easily disabled as needed (STR #2434)
- - Added a new cupsctl command for doing basic changes to
- the cupsd.conf file (STR #1777)
- - Added a new ppdLocalizeIPPReason() function to get the
- localized text/URI for a given IPP reason keyword for a
- driver.
- - Removed the deskjet2.ppd driver, as it only worked with
- a very small subset of HP DeskJet printers and was
- confusing to users. The rastertohp driver still
- supports the deskjet2.ppd options for existing queues.
- - The scheduler did not add a trailing banner page if a
- client did not specify the last document in a job (STR
- #1711)
- - The scheduler did not report Bonjour shared printers as
- remote printers (STR #2384)
- - Added new -R and -W options to the cupstestppd program
- for greater control over the testing of PPDs.
- - Added a new cupsGetServerPPD() function for getting
- an available PPD from the server (STR #2334)
- - Added a new cupsDoIORequest() function for reading
- and writing files via IPP requests (STR #2334)
- - Added a new CUPS_GET_PPD operation for getting an
- available PPD file on the server (STR #2334)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports multiple ppd-product values
- based on the PPD ModelName and Product strings (STR
- #2334, STR #2383)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the PSVersion attributes
- from a PPD file in the ppd-psversion attribute
- (STR #2334)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports the cupsModelNumber attribute
- from a PPD file in the ppd-model-number attribute (STR
- #2383)
- - CUPS_GET_PPDS now reports a driver type string in the
- ppd-type attribute based on the cupsFax and cupsFilter
- attributes in a PPD file (STR #2383)
- - Added a new printer attribute called "cups-version"
- which reports the version of CUPS that is running
- (STR #2240)
- - backendRunLoop() now aborts immediately on SIGTERM
- if no data has been written yet (STR #2103)
- - Due to poor IPP support from the vendors, the SNMP
- backend no longer tries IPP connections; instead,
- it now uses a lookup file with fallback to port 9100
- (socket://address) and 515 (lpd://address) printing
- (STR #2035, STR #2354)
- - The scheduler now recreates the CUPS log directory as
- needed (STR #2353)
- - cupsLangDefault() now maps new-style Apple locale names
- to the traditional ll_CC form (STR #2357)
- - Add new cupsArrayNew2() API to support hashed lookups
- of array elements (STR #2358)
- - ppdConflicts() optimizations (STR #2358)
- - The cupstestppd program now tests for existing filters,
- icons, profiles, and dialog extensions (STR #2326)
- - The web interface no longer lists new printers on the
- main administration page. Instead, a new "List Available
- Printers" button is provided that shows a separate page
- with the list of printers.
- - The web interface now supports setting the banner and
- policy options on raw printers and classes (STR #2238)
- - The socket backend now reads any pending back-channel
- data before shutting down the socket (STR #2325)
- - Added a new ErrorPolicy directive in the cupsd.conf
- file (STR #1871)
- - Printers that use JCL options are now exported to Samba
- correctly (STR #1985)
- - The IPP backend now relays printer-state-message values
- from the server to the client (STR #2109)
- - Added support for the PWG printer-alert and
- printer-alert-description attributes (STR #2088)
- - Added support for LPD "stream" mode (STR #2036)
- - The scheduler now reports the PostScript product string
- from PPD files in CUPS-Get-PPDs responses (STR #1900)
- - Raw printing with queues pointing to the file pseudo-
- device and multiple files and/or banners now works (STR
- #1933)
- - Added new public cupsAdminGetServerSettings() and
- cupsAdminSetServerSettings() APIs.
- - Added new "makebuttons" script in the "tools" directory
- for creating web interface buttons (STR #2231)
- - Added support for DNS-SD (aka "Bonjour") printer sharing
- (STR #1171)
- - Job operations (cancel, hold, release, etc.) from the
- web interface now return back to the original page (STR
- #2239)
- - The classes or printers list is now shown after a
- successful deletion from the web interface (STR #1999)
- - The default configuration now allows browse packets from
- any address (STR #2008)
- - The web interface now provides an "allow printing from the
- Internet" check box (STR #1897)
- - The notify-events-default and
- notify-lease-duration-default attributes can now be set
- (STR #1671)
- - Server-side default options are now sent to clients when
- the "printer-defaults" attribute group is requested (STR
- #1923)
- - Added support for Linux "relro" linker option (STR #1614)
- - CUPS now validates the number-up option value (STR #1329)
- - The on-line help now provides better search capabilities
- (STR #1701)
- - The web interface "Add This Printer" button now allows you
- to change the printer name, description, and location
- (STR #1646)
- - Added support for Mac OS X authorization services
- (STR #2206)
- - Added support for driver-specific pre-filters (STR #2108)
- - Added a new side-channel API for drivers and backends
- for basic device control and information queries (STR
- #1898)
- - The scheduler now uses poll(), epoll(), or /dev/kqueue
- instead of select() when possible (STR #1261)
- - Added new cupsArrayGetIndex() and cupsArrayGetInsert()
- functions to get the current index and insertion
- positions of an array.
- - Added a new --with-max-copies configure option (STR
- #2090)
- - Added new cupsRemoveDest() and cupsSetDefaultDest()
- functions.
- - Added support for cupsPJLCharset attribute in PPD files
- which specifies the character set that is used in PJL
- strings (STR #1969)
- - Moved the definition of the (private) _http_s structure
- to http-private.h; code that directly accesses the
- http_t members will no longer compile!
- - Added support for setting the document-format-default
- attribute on a per-printer basis.
- - Added support for IntelliBar label printers.
+ - The scheduler will no longer run programs with group write permission.
+ - The PHP module has been removed (STR #3932)
+ - The bannertops, commandtoescpx, commandtopclx, imagetops,
+ imagetoraster, pdftops, rastertoescpx, rastertopclx, and texttops
+ filters have been removed (STR #3930)
+ - The serial and parallel backends have been removed (STR 3935)
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