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CUPS v2.2.8 Release Notes

Release Date: 2018-06-05 // almost 6 years ago

  • 🚀 CUPS 2.2.8 is a bug fix release that addresses issues in the scheduler, ipptool utility, CUPS library, and USB printer support. Changes include:

    • ➕ 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.

    Enjoy!