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- CVE-2019-8696 and CVE-2019-8675: Fixed SNMP buffer overflows (rdar://51685251)
- Added a GPL2/LGPL2 exception to the new CUPS license terms.
- Documentation updates (Issue #5604)
- Localization updates (Issue #5637)
- Fixed a bug in the scheduler job cleanup code (Issue #5588)
- Fixed builds when there is no TLS library (Issue #5590)
- Eliminated some new GCC compiler warnings (Issue #5591)
- Removed dead code from the scheduler (Issue #5593)
- "make" failed with GZIP options (Issue #5595)
- Fixed potential excess logging from the scheduler when removing job files (Issue #5597)
- Fixed a NULL pointer dereference bug in `httpGetSubField2` (Issue #5598)
- Added FIPS-140 workarounds for GNU TLS (Issue #5601, Issue #5622)
- The scheduler no longer provides a default value for the description (Issue #5603)
- The scheduler now logs jobs held for authentication using the error level so it is clear what happened (Issue #5604)
- The `lpadmin` command did not always update the PPD file for changes to the `cupsIPPSupplies` and `cupsSNMPSupplies` keywords (Issue #5610)
- The scheduler now uses both the group's membership list as well as the various OS-specific membership functions to determine whether a user belongs to a named group (Issue #5613)
- Added USB quirks rule for HP LaserJet 1015 (Issue #5617)
- Fixed some PPD parser issues (Issue #5623, Issue #5624)
- The IPP parser no longer allows invalid member attributes in collections (Issue #5630)
- The configure script now treats the "wheel" group as a potential system group (Issue #5638)
- Fixed a USB printing issue on macOS (rdar://31433931)
- Fixed IPP buffer overflow (rdar://50035411)
- Fixed memory disclosure issue in the scheduler (rdar://51373853)
- Fixed DoS issues in the scheduler (rdar://51373929)
- Fixed an issue with unsupported "sides" values in the IPP backend (rdar://51775322)
- The scheduler would restart continuously when idle and printers were not shared (rdar://52561199)
- Fixed an issue with `EXPECT !name WITH-VALUE ...` tests.
- Fixed a command ordering issue in the Zebra ZPL driver.
- Fixed a memory leak in `ppdOpen`.
- CVE-2019-8696 and CVE-2019-8675: Fixed SNMP buffer overflows (rdar://51685251)
- The `cupsctl` command now prevents setting "cups-files.conf" directives (Issue #5530)
- Updated the systemd service file for cupsd (Issue #5551)
- The `cupsCheckDestSupported` function did not check octetString values correctly (Issue #5557)
- The scheduler did not encode octetString values like "job-password" correctly for the print filters (Issue #5558)
- Restored minimal support for the `Emulators` keyword in PPD files to allow old Samsung printer drivers to continue to work (Issue #5562)
- Timed out job submission now yields an error (Issue #5570)
- The footer in the web interface covered some content on small displays (Issue #5574)
- The libusb-based USB backend now enforces read limits, improving print speed in many cases (Issue #5583)
- Fixed some compatibility issues with old releases of CUPS (Issue #5587)
- Fixed a bug in the scheduler job cleanup code (Issue #5588)
- "make" failed with GZIP options (Issue #5595)
- Added FIPS-140 workarounds for GNU TLS (Issue #5601, Issue #5622)
- The scheduler no longer provides a default value for the description (Issue #5603)
- The `lpadmin` command did not always update the PPD file for changes to the `cupsIPPSupplies` and `cupsSNMPSupplies` keywords (Issue #5610)
- The scheduler now uses both the group's membership list as well as the various OS-specific membership functions to determine whether a user belongs to a named group (Issue #5613)
- Added USB quirks rule for HP LaserJet 1015 (Issue #5617)
- Fixed some PPD parser issues (Issue #5623, Issue #5624)
- The IPP parser no longer allows invalid member attributes in collections (Issue #5630)
- Fixed IPP buffer overflow (rdar://50035411)
- Fixed memory disclosure issue in the scheduler (rdar://51373853)
- Fixed DoS issues in the scheduler (rdar://51373929)
- The scheduler would restart continuously when idle and printers were not shared (rdar://52561199)
- Fixed a command ordering issue in the Zebra ZPL driver.
- Fixed a memory leak in `ppdOpen`.
- The
cups-config script no longer adds extra libraries when linking against shared libraries (Issue #5261)
- The supplied example print documents have been optimized for size (Issue #5529)
- The
cupsctl command now prevents setting "cups-files.conf" directives (Issue #5530)
- The "forbidden" message in the web interface is now explained (Issue #5547)
- The footer in the web interface covered some content on small displays (Issue #5574)
- The libusb-based USB backend now enforces read limits, improving print speed in many cases (Issue #5583)
- The
ippeveprinter command now looks for print commands in the "command" subdirectory.
- The
ipptool command now supports $date-current and $date-start variables to insert the current and starting date and time values, as well as ISO-8601 relative time values such as "PT30S" for 30 seconds in the future.
- Media size matching now uses a tolerance of 0.5mm (rdar://33822024)
- The lpadmin command would hang with a bad PPD file (rdar://41495016)
- Fixed a potential crash bug in cups-driverd (rdar://46625579)
- Fixed a performance regression with large PPDs (rdar://47040759)
- Fixed a memory reallocation bug in HTTP header value expansion (rdar://problem/50000749)
- Timed out job submission now yields an error (Issue #5570)
- Restored minimal support for the
Emulators keyword in PPD files to allow old Samsung printer drivers to continue to work (Issue #5562)
- The scheduler did not encode octetString values like "job-password" correctly for the print filters (Issue #5558)
- The
cupsCheckDestSupported function did not check octetString values correctly (Issue #5557)
- Added support for
UserAgentTokens directive in "client.conf" (Issue #5555)
- Updated the systemd service file for cupsd (Issue #5551)
- The
ippValidateAttribute function did not catch all instances of invalid UTF-8 strings (Issue #5509)
- Fixed an issue with the self-signed certificates generated by GNU TLS (Issue #5506)
- Fixed a potential memory leak when reading at the end of a file (Issue #5473)
- Fixed potential unaligned accesses in the string pool (Issue #5474)
- Fixed a potential memory leak when loading a PPD file (Issue #5475)
- Added a USB quirks rule for the Lexmark E120n (Issue #5478)
- Updated the USB quirks rule for Zebra label printers (Issue #5395)
- Fixed a compile error on Linux (Issue #5483)
- The lpadmin command, web interface, and scheduler all queried an IPP Everywhere printer differently, resulting in different PPDs for the same printer (Issue #5484)
- The web interface no longer provides access to the log files (Issue #5513)
- Non-Kerberized printing to Windows via IPP was broken (Issue #5515)
- Eliminated use of private headers and some deprecated macOS APIs (Issue #5516)
- The scheduler no longer stops a printer if an error occurs when a job is canceled or aborted (Issue #5517)
- Added a USB quirks rule for the DYMO 450 Turbo (Issue #5521)
- Added a USB quirks rule for Xerox printers (Issue #5523)
- The scheduler's self-signed certificate did not include all of the alternate names for the server when using GNU TLS (Issue #5525)
- Fixed compiler warnings with newer versions of GCC (Issue #5532, Issue #5533)
- Fixed some PPD caching and IPP Everywhere PPD accounting/password bugs (Issue #5535)
- Fixed
PreserveJobHistory bug with time values (Issue #5538)
- The scheduler no longer advertises the HTTP methods it supports (Issue #5540)
- Localization updates (Issue #5461, Issues #5471, Issue #5481, Issue #5486, Issue #5489, Issue #5491, Issue #5492, Issue #5493, Issue #5494, Issue #5495, Issue #5497, Issue #5499, Issue #5500, Issue #5501, Issue #5504)
- The scheduler did not always idle exit as quickly as it could.
- Added a new
ippeveprinter command based on the old ippserver sample code.
- Running ppdmerge with the same input and output filenames did not work as advertised (Issue #5455)
- Fixed a potential memory leak when reading at the end of a file (Issue #5473)
- Fixed potential unaligned accesses in the string pool (Issue #5474)
- Fixed a potential memory leak when loading a PPD file (Issue #5475)
- Added a USB quirks rule for the Lexmark E120n (Issue #5478)
- Updated the USB quirks rule for Zebra label printers (Issue #5395)
- Fixed a compile error on Linux (Issue #5483)
- The lpadmin command, web interface, and scheduler all queried an IPP Everywhere printer differently, resulting in different PPDs for the same printer (Issue #5484)
- Fixed an issue with the self-signed certificates generated by GNU TLS (Issue #5506)
- The `ippValidateAttribute` function did not catch all instances of invalid UTF-8 strings (Issue #5509)
- Non-Kerberized printing to Windows via IPP was broken (Issue #5515)
- The scheduler no longer stops a printer if an error occurs when a job is canceled or aborted (Issue #5517)
- Added a USB quirks rule for the DYMO 450 Turbo (Issue #5521)
- Added a USB quirks rule for Xerox printers (Issue #5523)
- The scheduler's self-signed certificate did not include all of the alternate names for the server when using GNU TLS (Issue #5525)
- Fixed compiler warnings with newer versions of GCC (Issue #5532, Issue #5533)
- Fixed some PPD caching and IPP Everywhere PPD accounting/password bugs (Issue #5535)
- Fixed `PreserveJobHistory` bug with time values (Issue #5538)
- Media size matching now uses a tolerance of 0.5mm (rdar://33822024)
- The lpadmin command would hang with a bad PPD file (rdar://41495016)
- Fixed a potential crash bug in cups-driverd (rdar://46625579)
- Fixed a performance regression with large PPDs (rdar://47040759)
- The scheduler did not always idle exit as quickly as it could.
- Fixed some build failures (Issue #5451, Issue #5463)
- Running ppdmerge with the same input and output filenames did not work as advertised (Issue #5455)
- CVE-2018-4700: Linux session cookies used a predictable random number seed.
- The `lpoptions` command now works with IPP Everywhere printers that have not yet been added as local queues (Issue #5045)
- Added USB quirk rules (Issue #5395, Issue #5443)
- The generated PPD files for IPP Everywhere printers did not contain the cupsManualCopies keyword (Issue #5433)
- Kerberos credentials might be truncated (Issue #5435)
- The handling of `MaxJobTime 0` did not match the documentation (Issue #5438)
- Incorporated the page accounting changes from CUPS 2.3 (Issue #5439)
- Fixed a bug adding a queue with the `-E` option (Issue #5440)
- Fixed a crash bug when mapping PPD duplex options to IPP attributes (rdar://46183976)
- Localization update (Issue #5339, Issue #5348, Issue #5362, Issue #5408, Issue #5410)
- Documentation updates (Issue #5369, Issue #5402, Issue #5403, Issue #5404)
- CVE-2018-4700: Linux session cookies used a predictable random number seed.
- All user commands now support the `--help` option (Issue #5326)
- The `lpoptions` command now works with IPP Everywhere printers that have not yet been added as local queues (Issue #5045)
- The lpadmin command would create a non-working printer in some error cases (Issue #5305)
- The scheduler would crash if an empty `AccessLog` directive was specified (Issue #5309)
- The scheduler did not idle-exit on some Linux distributions (Issue #5319)
- Fixed a regression in the changes to ippValidateAttribute (Issue #5322, Issue #5330)
- Fixed a crash bug in the Epson dot matrix driver (Issue #5323)
- Automatic debug logging of job errors did not work with systemd (Issue #5337)
- The web interface did not list the IPP Everywhere "driver" (Issue #5338)
- The scheduler did not report all of the supported job options and values (Issue #5340)
- The IPP Everywhere "driver" now properly supports face-up printers (Issue #5345)
- Fixed some typos in the label printer drivers (Issue #5350)
- Setting the `Community` name to the empty string in `snmp.conf` now disables SNMP supply level monitoring by all the standard network backends (Issue #5354)
- Multi-file jobs could get stuck if the backend failed (Issue #5359, Issue #5413)
- The IPP Everywhere "driver" no longer does local filtering when printing to a shared CUPS printer (Issue #5361)
- The lpadmin command now correctly reports IPP errors when configuring an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5370)
- Fixed some memory leaks discovered by Coverity (Issue #5375)
- The PPD compiler incorrectly terminated JCL options (Issue #5379)
- The cupstestppd utility did not generate errors for missing/mismatched CloseUI/JCLCloseUI keywords (Issue #5381)
- The scheduler now reports the actual location of the log file (Issue #5398)
- Added USB quirk rules (Issue #5395, Issue #5420, Issue #5443)
- The generated PPD files for IPP Everywhere printers did not contain the cupsManualCopies keyword (Issue #5433)
- Kerberos credentials might be truncated (Issue #5435)
- The handling of `MaxJobTime 0` did not match the documentation (Issue #5438)
- Fixed a bug adding a queue with the `-E` option (Issue #5440)
- The `cupsaddsmb` program has been removed (Issue #5449)
- The `cupstestdsc` program has been removed (Issue #5450)
- The scheduler was being backgrounded on macOS, causing applications to spin (rdar://40436080)
- The scheduler did not validate that required initial request attributes were in the operation group (rdar://41098178)
- Authentication in the web interface did not work on macOS (rdar://41444473)
- Fixed an issue with HTTP Digest authentication (rdar://41709086)
- The scheduler could crash when job history was purged (rdar://42198057)
- Fixed a crash bug when mapping PPD duplex options to IPP attributes (rdar://46183976)
- Fixed a memory leak for some IPP (extension) syntaxes.
- The `cupscgi`, `cupsmime`, and `cupsppdc` support libraries are no longer installed as shared libraries.
- The `snmp` backend is now deprecated.
- Localization changes (Issue #5348, Issue #5362, Issue #5408)
- Documentation updates (Issue #5369)
- The lpadmin command would create a non-working printer in some error cases (Issue #5305)
- The scheduler would crash if an empty `AccessLog` directive was specified (Issue #5309)
- Fixed a regression in the changes to ippValidateAttribute (Issue #5322, Issue #5330)
- Fixed a crash bug in the Epson dot matrix driver (Issue #5323)
- Automatic debug logging of job errors did not work with systemd (Issue #5337)
- The web interface did not list the IPP Everywhere "driver" (Issue #5338)
- The IPP Everywhere "driver" now properly supports face-up printers (Issue #5345)
- Fixed some typos in the label printer drivers (Issue #5350)
- Multi-file jobs could get stuck if the backend failed (Issue #5359, Issue #5413)
- The IPP Everywhere "driver" no longer does local filtering when printing to a shared CUPS printer (Issue #5361)
- The lpadmin command now correctly reports IPP errors when configuring an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5370)
- Fixed some memory leaks discovered by Coverity (Issue #5375)
- The PPD compiler incorrectly terminated JCL options (Issue #5379)
- The cupstestppd utility did not generate errors for missing/mismatched CloseUI/JCLCloseUI keywords (Issue #5381)
- The scheduler now reports the actual location of the log file (Issue #5398)
- Added a USB quirk rule (Issue #5420)
- The scheduler was being backgrounded on macOS, causing applications to spin (rdar://40436080)
- The scheduler did not validate that required initial request attributes were in the operation group (rdar://41098178)
- Authentication in the web interface did not work on macOS (rdar://41444473)
- Fixed an issue with HTTP Digest authentication (rdar://41709086)
- The scheduler could crash when job history was purged (rdar://42198057)
- Dropped non-working RSS subscriptions UI from web interface templates.
- Fixed a memory leak for some IPP (extension) syntaxes.
- The `ipptool` program no longer checks for duplicate attributes when running in list or CSV mode (Issue #5278)
- 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.
- 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.
- NOTICE: Printer drivers are now deprecated (Issue #5270)
- Kerberized printing to another CUPS server did not work correctly (Issue #5233)
- Fixed printing to some IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #5238)
- Fixed installation of filters (Issue #5247)
- 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)
- Star Micronics printers need the "unidir" USB quirk rule (Issue #5251)
- Documentation fixes (Issue #5252)
- Fixed a compile issue when PAM is not available (Issue #5253)
- Label printers supported by the rastertolabel driver don't support SNMP, so don't delay printing to test it (Issue #5256)
- The scheduler could crash while adding an IPP Everywhere printer (Issue #5258)
- The Lexmark Optra E310 printer needs the "no-reattach" USB quirk rule (Issue #5259)
- Systemd did not restart cupsd when configuration changes were made that required a restart (Issue #5263)
- The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not include the `cupsJobPassword` keyword, when supported (Issue #5265)
- Fixed an Avahi crash bug in the scheduler (Issue #5268)
- Raw print queues are now deprecated (Issue #5269)
- Fixed an RPM packaging problem (Issue #5276)
- The IPP backend did not properly detect failed PDF prints (rdar://34055474)
- TLS connections now properly timeout (rdar://34938533)
- Temp files could not be created in some sandboxed applications (rdar://37789645)
- The ipptool `--ippserver` option did not encode out-of-band attributes correctly.
- Added public `cupsEncodeOption` API for encoding a single option as an IPP attribute.
- Removed support for the `-D_PPD_DEPRECATED=""` developer cheat - the PPD API should no longer be used.
- Removed support for `-D_IPP_PRIVATE_STRUCTURES=1` developer cheat - the IPP accessor functions should be used instead.
- 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)
- More fixes for printing to old CUPS servers (Issue #5211)
- The IPP Everywhere PPD generator did not support deep grayscale or 8-bit per component AdobeRGB (Issue #5227)
- Additional changes for the scheduler to substitute default values for invalid job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5229)
- Localization changes (Issue #5232, rdar://37068158)
- The `cupsCopyDestInfo` function did not work with all print queues (Issue #5235)
- Localization changes (Issue #5210)
- Build fixes (Issue #5217)
- IPP Everywhere PPDs were not localized to English (Issue #5205)
- The `cupsGetDests` and `cupsEnumDests` functions no longer filter out local print services like IPP USB devices (Issue #5206)
- The `cupsCopyDest` function now correctly copies the `is_default` value (Issue #5208)
- Printing to old CUPS servers has been fixed (Issue #5211)
- The `ppdInstallableConflict` tested too many constraints (Issue #5213)
- All HTTP field values can now be longer than `HTTP_MAX_VALUE` bytes (Issue #5216)
- Added a USB quirk rule for Canon MP280 series printers (Issue #5221)
- The `cupsRasterWritePixels` function did not correctly swap bytes for some formats (Issue #5225)
- Fixed an issue with mapping finishing options (rdar://34250727)
- The `ppdLocalizeIPPReason` function incorrectly returned a localized version of "none" (rdar://36566269)
- The scheduler did not add ".local" to the default DNS-SD host name when needed.
- CUPS is now provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
- Documentation updates (Issue #4580, Issue #5177, Issue #5192)
- The
cupsCopyDestConflicts function now handles collection attribute ("media-col", "finishings-col", etc.) constraints (Issue #4096)
- The
lpoptions command incorrectly saved default options (Issue #4717)
- The
lpstat command now reports when new jobs are being held (Issue #4761)
- The
ippfind command now supports finding printers whose name starts with an underscore (Issue #4833)
- The CUPS library now supports the latest HTTP Digest authentication specification including support for SHA-256 (Issue #4862)
- The scheduler now supports the "printer-id" attribute (Issue #4868)
- No longer support backslash, question mark, or quotes in printer names (Issue #4966)
- The scheduler no longer logs pages as they are printed, instead just logging a total of the pages printed at job completion (Issue #4991)
- Dropped RSS subscription management from the web interface (Issue #5012)
- Bonjour printer sharing now uses the DNS-SD hostname (or ServerName value if none is defined) when registering shared printers on the network (Issue #5071)
- The
ipptool command now supports writing ippserver attributes files (Issue #5093)
- The
lp and lpr commands now provide better error messages when the default printer cannot be found (Issue #5096)
- The
lpadmin command now provides a better error message when an unsupported System V interface script is used (Issue #5111)
- The scheduler did not write out dirty configuration and state files if there were open client connections (Issue #5118)
- The
SSLOptions directive now supports MinTLS and MaxTLS options to control the minimum and maximum TLS versions that will be allowed, respectively (Issue #5119)
- Dropped hard-coded CGI scripting language support (Issue #5124)
- The
cupsEnumDests function did not include options from the lpoptions files (Issue #5144)
- Fixed the
ippserver sample code when threading is disabled or unavailable (Issue #5154)
- Added label markup to checkbox and radio button controls in the web interface templates (Issue #5161)
- Fixed group validation on OpenBSD (Issue #5166)
- Improved IPP Everywhere media support, including a new
cupsAddDestMediaOptions function (Issue #5167)
- IPP Everywhere PPDs now include localizations of printer-specific media types, when available (Issue #5168)
- The cups-driverd program incorrectly stopped scanning PPDs as soon as a loop was seen (Issue #5170)
- IPP Everywhere PPDs now support IPP job presets (Issue #5179)
- IPP Everywhere PPDs now support finishing templates (Issue #5180)
- Fixed a journald support bug in the scheduler (Issue #5181)
- Fixed PAM module detection and added support for the common PAM definitions (Issue #5185)
- The scheduler now substitutes default values for invalid job attributes when running in "relaxed conformance" mode (Issue #5186)
- The scheduler did not work with older versions of uClibc (Issue #5188)
- The scheduler now generates a strings file for localizing PPD options (Issue #5194)
- 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)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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>)
- 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)
- 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)
CUPS 2.2.0 (September 13, 2016)
- Normalized the TLS certificate validation code and added additional error messages to aid troubleshooting.
- http*Connect 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)
- 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)
- Added Upstart support (PR #4825)
- CUPS now supports Let's Encrypt certificates on Linux.
- 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)
- Fixed reporting of 1284 Device IDs (Issue #3835, PR #3836)
- Fixed printing of multiple files to raw queues (Issue #4782)
- The scheduler did not implement the Hold-New-Jobs operation correctly (Issue #4767)
- The ipptool program truncated values at 8k (Issue #4786)
- The ipptool program did not correctly report uriScheme values in plist output (Issue #4785)
- The cups-lpd mini-daemon incorrectly included the document-name attribute when creating a job. It should only be included when sending a job (Issue #4790)
- USB quirk updates (Issue #4778, Issue #4789)
- Documentation update (Issue #4772)
- The default password function did not work on some platforms (Issue #4750)
- The scheduler should not exit under memory pressure (<rdar://problem/23255001>)
- The EPL2 and ZPL sample drivers did not properly support the CutMedia option.
- Pending subscriptions would prevent the scheduler from idle exiting (Issue #4754)
- Fixed some issues in ipptool for skipped tests (<rdar://problem/24137160>)
- The "lp -H resume" command did not reset the "job-state-reasons" attribute value (Issue #4752)
- The scheduler did not allow access to resource files (icons, etc.) when the web interface was disabled (Issue #4755)
- Localization fix (Issue #4756)
- Re-release of CUPS 2.1.1 as CUPS 2.1.2 due to error in tagging of the 2.1.1 release (pulled content from the 2.2.x tree instead)
- Security hardening fixes (<rdar://problem/23131948>, <rdar://problem/23132108>, <rdar://problem/23132353>, <rdar://problem/23132803>, <rdar://problem/23133230>, <rdar://problem/23133393>, <rdar://problem/23133466>, <rdar://problem/23133833>, <rdar://problem/23133998>, <rdar://problem/23134228>, <rdar://problem/23134299>, <rdar://problem/23134356>, <rdar://problem/23134415>, <rdar://problem/23134506>, <rdar://problem/23135066>, <rdar://problem/23135122>, <rdar://problem/23135207>, <rdar://problem/23144290>, <rdar://problem/23144358>, <rdar://problem/23144461>)
- The cupsGetPPD* functions did not work with IPP printers (Issue #4725)
- Some older HP LaserJet printers need a delayed close when printing using the libusb-based USB backend (Issue #4549)
- The libusb-based USB backend did not unload the kernel usblp module if it was preventing the backend from accessing the printer (Issue #4707)
- Current Primera printers were incorrectly reported as Fargo printers (Issue #4708)
- The IPP backend did not always handle jobs getting canceled at the printer (<rdar://problem/22716820>)
- Scheduler logging change (Issue #4728)
- Added USB quirk for Canon MP530 (Issue #4730)
- The scheduler did not deliver job notifications for jobs submitted to classes (Issue #4733)
- Changing the printer-is-shared value for a remote queue did not produce an error (Issue #4738)
- The IPP backend incorrectly included the job-password attribute in Validate-Job requests (<rdar://problem/23531939>)
- Updated localizations (Issue #4709)
- Fixed more scheduler crash bugs in the new logging code (Issue #4687, Issue #4690)
- The scheduler did not use the ConfigFilePerm setting when copying PPD files or interface scripts attached to a request (Issue #4703)
- Now support new Chinese locale IDs and their correct fallback locales (<rdar://problem/22086642>, <rdar://problem/22130168>)
- "make check" incorrectly reported an expectation of 18 warning messages when 8 were expected (Issue #4684)
- The new PDF file type rule did not work (Issue #4692)
- The scheduler did not update the jobs.cache file when job files were expired (Issue #4706)
- Fixed some configure script issues (Issue #4694, Issue #4695, Issue #4698)
- Documentation updates (Issue #4691, Issue #4693)
- Added support for 3D printers (basic types only, no built-in filters) based on PWG white paper.
- Fixed bugs in the new journald support (Issue #4655, Issue #4658, Issue #4661)
- Fixed domain socket support on Linux (Issue #4679)
- Fixed signal handlers in the dnssd and usb backends (Issue #4671)
- <Limit All> in <Policy> sections now applies to all operations when used by itself (Issue #4659)
- Configure script changes for systemd support (Issue #4669)
- Updated autoconf sources to use newer form of AC_INIT (Issue #4664)
- Improved speed of ppdMarkDefaults for complex/large PPDs (<rdar://problem/15146999>)
- The IPP backend now stops sending print data if the printer indicates the job has been aborted or canceled (<rdar://problem/17837631>)
- The IPP backend now sends the job-pages-per-set attribute when printing multiple copy jobs with finishings (<rdar://problem/16792757>)
- The IPP backend now updates the cupsMandatory values when the printer configuration changes (<rdar://problem/18126570>)
- No longer install banner files since third-party banner filters now supply their own (Issue #4518)
- Added support for EXPECT-ALL directive in ipptool test files (Issue #4469)
- Added support for WITH-VALUE-FROM predicate in ipptool test files (Issue #4470)
- The scheduler no longer listens on the loopback interface unless the web interface or printer sharing are enabled (<rdar://problem/9136448>)
- Added a PPD generator for IPP Everywhere printers (Issue #4258)
- Now install "default" versions of more configuration files (<rdar://problem/19024491>)
- The cupstestppd program did not handle "maxsize(nnn)" entries in cupsFilter/cupsFilter2 values (<rdar://problem/18974858>)
- The scheduler now checks the return value of rename() calls (Issue #4589)
- The scheduler now validates ErrorPolicy values in config files (Issue #4591)
- Long cookies caused the web interface to stop working (Issue #4619)
- Added SSLOptions values to allow Diffie-Hellman key exchange and disable TLS/1.0 support.
- Updated the scheduler to support more IPP Everywhere attributes (Issue #4630)
- The scheduler now supports advanced ASL and journald logging when "syslog" output is configured (Issue #4474)
- The scheduler now supports logging to stderr when running in the foreground (Issue #4505)