CHANGES - 2.2.8 - 2018-06-05

Changes in CUPS v2.2.8

Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid job attributes when running in “relaxed conformance” mode (Issue #5229)
The ipptool program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
Fixed builds without PAM (Issue #5283)
Fixed lpoptions man page (Issue #5286)
The cupsCreateJob, cupsPrintFile2, and cupsPrintFiles2 APIs did not use the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5288)
Fixed another crash in the scheduler when adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5290)
Added a workaround for certain web browsers that do not support multiple authentication schemes in a single response header (Issue #5289)
Fixed policy limits containing the All operation (Issue #5296)
The scheduler was always restarted after idle-exit with systemd (Issue #5297)
Added a USB quirks rule for the HP LaserJet P1102 (Issue #5310)
The mailto notifier did not wait for the welcome message (Issue #5312)
Fixed a parsing bug in the pstops filter (Issue #5321)
Documentation updates (Issue #5299, Issue #5301, Issue #5306)
Localization updates (Issue #5317)
The scheduler allowed environment variables to be specified in the cupsd.conf file (rdar://37836779, rdar://37836995, rdar://37837252, rdar://37837581)
Fax queues did not support pause (p) or wait-for-dialtone (w) characters (rdar://39212256)
The scheduler did not validate notify-recipient-uri values properly (rdar://40068936)
The IPP parser allowed invalid group tags (rdar://40442124)
Fixed a parsing bug in the new authentication code.

Changes in CUPS v2.2.7

NOTICE: Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the cupsJobPassword keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that required a restart (Issue #5263)
The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the “no-reattach” USB quirk rule (Issue #5259)
The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don‘t support SNMP, so don’t delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
Star Micronics printers need the “unidir” USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
The scheduler now supports using temporary print queues for older IPP/1.1 print queues like those shared by CUPS 1.3 and earlier (Issue #5241)
Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly (Issue #5233)
The cupsRasterWritePixels function did not correctly swap bytes for some formats (Issue #5225)
Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
The ppdInstallableConflict tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
The cupsCopyDest function now correctly copies the is_default value (Issue #5208)
The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when running in “relaxed conformance” mode (Issue #5186)
Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions (Issue #5185)
Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop was seen (Issue #5170)
Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
Fixed the ippserver sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable (Issue #5154)
The cupsEnumDests function did not include options from the lpoptions files (Issue #5144)
The SSLOptions directive now supports MinTLS and MaxTLS options to control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed, respectively (Issue #5119)
The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there were open client connections (Issue #5118)
The lpadmin command now provides a better error message when an unsupported System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
The lp and lpr commands now provide better error messages when the default printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names (Issue #4966)
The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
The lpstat command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
The lpoptions command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
The ppdLocalizeIPPReason function incorrectly returned a localized version of “none” (rdar://36566269)
TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
Temporary files are now placed in the correct directory for sandboxed applications on macOS (rdar://problem/37789645)

Changes in CUPS v2.2.6

DBUS notifications could crash the scheduler (Issue #5143)
Added USB quirks rules for Canon MP540 and Samsung ML-2160 (Issue #5148)
Fixed TLS cipher suite selection with GNU TLS (Issue #5145, Issue #5150)
Localization updates (Issue #5152)

Changes in CUPS v2.2.5

The scheduler's -t option did not force all errors to the standard error file, making debugging of configuration problems hard (Issue #5041)
Fixed a typo in the CUPS Programming Manual (Issue #5042)
Fixed RPM packaging issue (Issue #5043, Issue #5044)
The cupsGetDests function incorrectly returned an empty list of printers if there was no default printer (Issue #5046)
The cupsGetDests function waited too long for network printers (Issue #5049)
Libtool support was completely broken with current libtool versions that use an incompatible command-line syntax (Issue #5050)
Fixed a build issue with --enable-mallinfo (Issue #5051)
The ippserver test program contained a deadlock issue (Issue #5054)
The cupsLocalizeDest* functions did not provide base localizations for all registered IPP attributes and values (Issue #5056)
The --enable-libtool configure option requires a path to the libtool program, but doesn't document or check for it (Issue #5062)
Fixed the SSLOptions DenyCBC option when using GNU TLS (Issue #5065)
Fixed the ServerTokens None option (Issue #5065)
Fixed the default ServerAlias value from ServerName (Issue #5072)
Fixed the adminurl field in the TXT record for fully-qualified ServerName values (Issue #5074)
The scheduler now creates a PID file when not running on demand with a modern service launcher (Issue #5080)
The web interface did not support newer language identifiers used by Microsoft web browsers (Issue #5803)
Updated the cups-files.conf and cupsd.conf file documentation for missing directives (Issue #5084)
Fixed an Avahi-related crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5085, Issue #5086)
Fixed the interactions between the “print-quality” and “cupsPrintQuality” options (Issue #5090)
The IPP Everywhere PPD generator now sorts the supported resolutions before choosing them for draft, normal, and best quality modes (Issue #5091)
Fixed the localization unit test on Linux (Issue #5097)
The CUPS library did not reuse domain sockets (Issue #5098)
Fixed the “make check” target for some environments (Issue #5099)
The scheduler woke up once per second to remove old temporary queues (Issue #5100)
Added USB quirk rule for Kyocera printer (Issue #5102, Issue #5103)
Re-documented the limits of file:///... device URIs and moved the FileDevice directive in cups-files.conf to the list of deprecated configuration directives (Issue #5117)
Added USB quirk rule for HP LaserJet 1160 printer (Issue #5121)
Fixed the script interpreter detection in the configure script (Issue #5122)
The network backends now retry on more error conditions (Issue #5123)
Added a French translation of the web interface (Issue #5134)
cupsGetDests2 was not using the supplied HTTP connection (Issue #5135)
httpAddrConnect leaked sockets in certain circumstances, causing some printers to hang (rdar://31965686)
Fixed an issue with Chinese localizations on macOS (rdar://32419311)
The IPP backend now always sends the “finishings” attribute for printers that support it because otherwise the client cannot override printer defaults (rdar://33169732)
The cupsGetNamedDest function did not use the local default printer (rdar://33228500)
The IPP backend incorrectly sent the “job-pages-per-set” attribute to PDF printers (rdar://33250434)
Fixed the cups.strings file that is used on macOS (rdar://33287650)
CUPS now sends the Date HTTP header in IPP requests (rdar://33302034)
The ippCopyAttribute function did not copy out-of-band values correctly (rdar://33688003)
Fixed the localization fallback code on macOS (rdar://33583699)
The scheduler did not run with a high enough priority, causing problems on busy systems (rdar://33789342)
Added support for Japanese Kaku 1 envelope size (rdar://34774110)
The ipptool program's -P option did not work correctly.
The ipptool program did not compare URI scheme or hostname components correctly for the WITH-ALL-HOSTNAMES, WITH-ALL-SCHEMES, WITH-HOSTNAME, or WITH-SCHEME predicates.

Changes in CUPS v2.2.4

The scheduler did not remove old job files (Issue #4987)
cupsEnumDests did not return early when all printers had been discovered (Issue #4989)
The CUPS build system now supports cross-compilation (Issue #4897)
Added a new CUPS Programming Manual to replace the aging API documentation.
Added the cupsAddIntegerOption and cupsGetIntegerOption functions (Issue #4992)
The cupsGetDests and cupsCreateJob functions now support Bonjour printers (Issue #4993)
Added a USB quirk rule for Lexmark E260dn printers (Issue #4994)
Fixed a potential buffer overflow in the cupstestppd utility (Issue #4996)
IPP Everywhere improvements (Issue #4998)
Fixed the “cancel all jobs” function in the web interface for several languages (Issue #4999)
Fixed issues with local queues (Issue #5003, Issue #5008, Issue #5009)
The lpstat command now supports a -e option to enumerate local printers (either previously added or on the network) that can be accessed (Issue #5005)
The lp and lpr commands now support printing to network printers that haven't yet been added (Issue #5006)
Fixed a typo in the mime.types file.
Fixed a bug in the Spanish web interface template (Issue #5016)
The cupsEnumDests* and cupsGetDest* functions now report the value of the “printer-is-temporary” Printer Status attribute (Issue #5028)
Added Chinese localization (Issue #5029)
The cupsCheckDestSupported function did not support NULL values (Issue #5031)
Fixed some issues in the RPM spec file (Issue #5032)
The cupsConnectDest function now supports the CUPS_DEST_FLAGS_DEVICE flag for explicitly connecting to the device (printer) associated with the destination.
The SSLOptions directive in “client.conf” and “cupsd.conf” now supports DenyCBC and DenyTLS1.0 options (Issue #5037)

Changes in CUPS v2.2.3

The IPP backend could get into an infinite loop for certain errors, causing a hung queue (rdar://problem/28008717)
The scheduler could pause responding to client requests in order to save state changes to disk (rdar://problem/28690656)
Added support for PPD finishing keywords (Issue #4960, Issue #4961, Issue #4962)
The IPP backend did not send a media-col attribute for just the source or type (Issue #4963)
IPP Everywhere print queues did not always support all print qualities supported by the printer (Issue #4953)
IPP Everywhere print queues did not always support all media types supported by the printer (Issue #4953)
The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not return useful error messages (Issue #4954)
The IPP Everywhere finishings support did not work correctly with common UI or command-line options (Issue #4976)
Fixed an error handling issue for the network backends (Issue #4979)
The default cupsd.conf file did not work on systems compiled without Kerberos support (Issue #4947)
The “reprint job” option was not available for some canceled jobs (Issue #4915)
Updated the job listing in the web interface (Issue #4978)
Fixed some localization issues on macOS (rdar://problem/27245567)

Changes in CUPS v2.2.2

Fixed some issues with the Zebra ZPL printer driver (Issue #4898)
Fixed some issues with IPP Everywhere printer support (Issue #4893, Issue #4909, Issue #4916, Issue #4921, Issue #4923, Issue #4932, Issue #4933, Issue #4938)
The rastertopwg filter could crash with certain input (Issue #4942)
Optimized connection usage in the IPP backend (rdar://problem/29547323)
The scheduler did not detect when an encrypted connection was closed by the client on Linux (Issue #4901)
The cups-lpd program did not catch all legacy usage of ISO-8859-1 (Issue #4899)
Fixed builds on systems without a working poll() implementation (Issue #4905)
Added a USB quirk rule for the Kyocera Ecosys P6026cdn (Issue #4900)
The scheduler no longer creates log files on startup (rdar://problem/28332470)
The ippContainsString function now uses case-insensitive comparisons for mimeMediaType, name, and text values in conformance with RFC 2911.
The network backends now log the addresses that were found for a printer (rdar://problem/29268474)
Let's Encrypt certificates did not work when the hostname contained uppercase letters (Issue #4919)
Fixed reporting of printed pages in the web interface (Issue #4924)
Updated systemd config files (Issue #4935)
Updated documentation (PR #4896)
Updated localizations (PR #4894, PR #4895, PR #4904, PR #4908, Issue #4946)
Updated packaging files (Issue #4940)

Changes in CUPS v2.2.1

Added “CreateSelfSignedCerts” directive for cups-files.conf to control whether the scheduler automatically creates its own self-signed X.509 certificates for TLS connections (Issue #4876)
http*Connect did not handle partial failures (Issue #4870)
Addressed some build warnings on Linux (Issue #4881)
cupsHashData did not use the correct hashing algorithm (rdar://problem/28209220)
Updated man pages (PR #4885)
Updated localizations (PR #4877, PR #4886)

Changes in CUPS v2.2.0

Normalized the TLS certificate validation code and added additional error messages to aid troubleshooting.
The httpConnect functions did not work on Linux when cupsd was not running (Issue #4870)
The --no-remote-any option of cupsctl had no effect (Issue #4866)
http*Connect did not return early when all addresses failed (Issue #4870)

Changes in CUPS v2.2rc1

Updated the list of supported IPP Everywhere media types.
The IPP backend did not validate TLS credentials properly.
The printer-state-message attribute was not cleared after a print job with no errors (Issue #4851)
The CUPS-Add-Modify-Class and CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer operations did not always return an error for failed adds (Issue #4854)
PPD files with names longer than 127 bytes did not work (Issue #4860)
Updated localizations (Issue #4846, PR #4858)

Changes in CUPS v2.2b2

Added Upstart support (PR #4825)
CUPS now supports Let's Encrypt certificates on Linux.

Changes in CUPS v2.2b1

All CUPS commands now support POSIX options (Issue #4813)
The scheduler now restarts faster (Issue #4760)
Improved performance of web interface with large numbers of jobs (Issue #3819)
Encrypted printing can now be limited to only trusted printers and servers (rdar://problem/25711658)
The scheduler now advertises PWG Raster attributes for IPP Everywhere clients (Issue #4428)
The scheduler now logs informational messages for jobs at LogLevel “info” (Issue #4815)
The scheduler now uses the getgrouplist function when available (Issue #4611)
The IPP backend no longer enables compression by default except for certain raster formats that generally benefit from it (rdar://problem/25166952)
The scheduler did not handle out-of-disk situations gracefully (Issue #4742)
The LPD mini-daemon now detects invalid UTF-8 sequences in job, document, and user names (Issue #4748)
The IPP backend now continues on to the next job when the remote server/ printer puts the job on hold (rdar://problem/24858548)
The scheduler did not cancel multi-document jobs immediately (rdar://problem/24854834)
The scheduler did not return non-shared printers to local clients unless they connected to the domain socket (rdar://problem/24566996)
The scheduler now reads the spool directory if one or more job cache entries point to deleted jobs (rdar://problem/24048846)
Added support for disc media sizes (rdar://problem/20219536)
The httpAddrConnect and httpConnect* APIs now try connecting to multiple addresses in parallel (rdar://problem/20643153)
The cupsd domain socket is no longer world-accessible on macOS (rdar://problem/7542560)
Interface scripts are no longer supported for security reasons (rdar://problem/23135640)
Added a new cupsHashData API and support for hashed job passwords (rdar://problem/20221502)
Localization fixes (rdar://problem/25292403, rdar://problem/25461517, Issue #4041, Issue #4796)
Documentation changes (Issue #4624, Issue #4781)
Packaging fixes (PR #4832)