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here is the log from the commit of package cups-filters2 for openSUSE:Factory 
checked in at 2026-09-23 18:17:52
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Comparing /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/cups-filters2 (Old)
 and      /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/.cups-filters2.new.383539 (New)
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Package is "cups-filters2"

Wed Sep 23 18:17:52 2026 rev:2 rq:1379939 version:2.0.1

Changes:
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--- /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/cups-filters2/cups-filters2.changes      
2025-06-02 22:00:01.283879488 +0200
+++ /work/SRC/openSUSE:Factory/.cups-filters2.new.383539/cups-filters2.changes  
2026-09-23 18:17:53.922403915 +0200
@@ -1,0 +2,11 @@
+Wed Sep 23 10:32:01 UTC 2026 - Johannes Meixner <[email protected]>
+
+- disable-universal-cups-filter : do not use a single, universal
+  CUPS filter executable for all filter functions, see
+  https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/discussions/727
+  which reads (excerpts)
+  "drivers with ... filter chains ... made universal fail ... 
+   2 filters ... which come from ... driver package, but
+   universal only supports ... one single driver filter"
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------

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Other differences:
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++++++ cups-filters2.spec ++++++
--- /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.YAooxD/_old  2026-09-23 18:17:55.263459374 +0200
+++ /var/tmp/diff_new_pack.YAooxD/_new  2026-09-23 18:17:55.269459622 +0200
@@ -95,13 +95,19 @@
 #   which can execute basically arbitary commands indirectly via the 
foomatic-rip tool
 #   cf. 
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/security/advisories/GHSA-p9rh-jxmq-gq47
 #   and https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/issues/599
-# --enable-universal-cups-filter : use a single, universal CUPS filter 
executable for all filter functions
+# --disable-universal-cups-filter : do not use a single, universal CUPS filter 
executable for all filter functions
+#   see https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/discussions/727 therein 
in particular Till Kamppeter's comment
+#   
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/discussions/727#discussioncomment-18357065
 which reads (excerpts)
+#   "certain drivers with too complex filter chains which made universal fail"
+#   "I generally recommend not to use universal in distros, for maximum 
compatibility with all drivers"
+#   "there were 2 filters in the chain which come from the proprietary driver 
package,
+#    but universal only supports a chain of libcupsfilters' filter functions 
plus one single driver filter"
 %configure --disable-static \
            --enable-shared \
            --disable-silent-rules \
            --disable-mutool \
            --disable-foomatic \
-           --enable-universal-cups-filter \
+           --disable-universal-cups-filter \
            --docdir=%{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 

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