Fix the github suggestion mess

Signed-off-by: RD WebDesign <github@rdwebdesign.com.br>

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     -
       name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 #v6.0.1
+      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     -
       name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@cf1bb45a277cb3c205638b2cd5c984db1c46a412 #v4.31.7
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@f443b600d91635bebf5b0d9ebc620189c0d6fba5 #v4.30.8
       with:
         languages: 'python'
     -
       name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@cf1bb45a277cb3c205638b2cd5c984db1c46a412 #v4.31.7
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@f443b600d91635bebf5b0d9ebc620189c0d6fba5 #v4.30.8
     -
       name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@cf1bb45a277cb3c205638b2cd5c984db1c46a412 #v4.31.7
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@f443b600d91635bebf5b0d9ebc620189c0d6fba5 #v4.30.8

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@997185467fa4f803885201cee163a9f38240193d #v10.1.1
+      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 #v10.1.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           days-before-stale: 30
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 #v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
       - name: Remove 'stale' label
         run: gh issue edit ${{ github.event.issue.number }} --remove-label ${{ env.stale_label }}
         env:

.github/workflows/stale_pr.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@997185467fa4f803885201cee163a9f38240193d #v10.1.1
+      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 #v10.1.0
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           # Do not automatically mark PR/issue as stale

.github/workflows/sync-back-to-dev.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Syncing branches
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 #v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
       - name: Opening pull request
         run: gh pr create -B development -H master --title 'Sync master back into development' --body 'Created by Github action' --label 'internal'
         env:

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 #v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Differential ShellCheck requires full git history
 
@@ -36,24 +36,20 @@ jobs:
           severity: warning
           display-engine: sarif-fmt
 
-      - name: Secret Scanning with TruffleHog
-        uses: trufflesecurity/trufflehog@821e8b9e5cdf8dc484dd23e06f78941fcf6b9191 #v3.91.2
-        with:
-          extra_args: --results=verified,unknown
 
       - name: Spell-Checking
-        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@8f01853be192eb0f849a5c7d721450e7a467c579 #v2.2
+        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@406322ec52dd7b488e48c1c4b82e2a8b3a1bf630 #v2.1
         with:
           ignore_words_file: .codespellignore
 
       - name: Get editorconfig-checker
-        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@4b6cd6190d435e7e084fb35e36a096e98506f7b9 #v2.1.0
+        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@1a41284d59c6fe7f1b21ddc4a2b36400a33dc1b4 # tag v2. is really out of date
 
       - name: Run editorconfig-checker
         run: editorconfig-checker
 
       - name: Check python code formatting with black
-        uses: psf/black@05f0a8ce1f71fbb36e1e032d3b518c7b945089a2 #25.11.0
+        uses: psf/black@af0ba72a73598c76189d6dd1b21d8532255d5942 #25.9.0
         with:
           src: "./test"
           options: "--check --diff --color"
@@ -78,19 +74,17 @@ jobs:
             fedora_40,
             fedora_41,
             fedora_42,
-            fedora_43,
             alpine_3_21,
             alpine_3_22,
-            alpine_3_23,
           ]
     env:
       DISTRO: ${{matrix.distro}}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 #v6.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 #v6.1.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c #v6.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
 

advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh

@@ -375,6 +375,22 @@ check_firewalld() {
                     log_write "${CROSS} ${COL_RED}  Allow Service: ${i}${COL_NC} (${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS_FIREWALLD})"
                 fi
             done
+            # check for custom FTL FirewallD zone
+            local firewalld_zones
+            firewalld_zones=$(firewall-cmd --get-zones)
+            if [[ "${firewalld_zones}" =~ "ftl" ]]; then
+                log_write "${TICK} ${COL_GREEN}FTL Custom Zone Detected${COL_NC}";
+                # check FTL custom zone interface: lo
+                local firewalld_ftl_zone_interfaces
+                firewalld_ftl_zone_interfaces=$(firewall-cmd --zone=ftl --list-interfaces)
+                if [[ "${firewalld_ftl_zone_interfaces}" =~ "lo" ]]; then
+                    log_write "${TICK} ${COL_GREEN}  Local Interface Detected${COL_NC}";
+                else
+                    log_write "${CROSS} ${COL_RED}  Local Interface Not Detected${COL_NC} (${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS_FIREWALLD})"
+                fi
+            else
+                log_write "${CROSS} ${COL_RED}FTL Custom Zone Not Detected${COL_NC} (${FAQ_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS_FIREWALLD})"
+            fi
         fi
     else
         log_write "${TICK} ${COL_GREEN}Firewalld service not detected${COL_NC}";
@@ -577,21 +593,18 @@ check_required_ports() {
     # Add port 53
     ports_configured+=("53")
 
-    local protocol_type port_number service_name
     # Now that we have the values stored,
     for i in "${!ports_in_use[@]}"; do
         # loop through them and assign some local variables
-        read -r protocol_type port_number service_name <<< "$(
-            awk '{
-                p=$1; n=$5; s=$7
-                gsub(/users:\(\("/,"",s)
-                gsub(/".*/,"",s)
-                print p, n, s
-            }' <<< "${ports_in_use[$i]}"
-        )"
+        local service_name
+        service_name=$(echo "${ports_in_use[$i]}" | awk '{gsub(/users:\(\("/,"",$7);gsub(/".*/,"",$7);print $7}')
+        local protocol_type
+        protocol_type=$(echo "${ports_in_use[$i]}" | awk '{print $1}')
+        local port_number
+        port_number="$(echo "${ports_in_use[$i]}" | awk '{print $5}')" #  | awk '{gsub(/^.*:/,"",$5);print $5}')
 
         # Check if the right services are using the right ports
-        if [[ ${ports_configured[*]} =~ ${port_number##*:} ]]; then
+        if [[ ${ports_configured[*]} =~ $(echo "${port_number}" | rev | cut -d: -f1 | rev) ]]; then
             compare_port_to_service_assigned  "${ftl}" "${service_name}" "${protocol_type}:${port_number}"
         else
             # If it's not a default port that Pi-hole needs, just print it out for the user to see
@@ -709,7 +722,7 @@ dig_at() {
                 fi
 
               # Check if Pi-hole can use itself to block a domain
-                if local_dig="$(dig +tries=1 +time=2 -"${protocol}" "${random_url}" @"${local_address}" "${record_type}" -p "$(get_ftl_conf_value "dns.port")")"; then
+                if local_dig="$(dig +tries=1 +time=2 -"${protocol}" "${random_url}" @"${local_address}" "${record_type}")"; then
                     # If it can, show success
                     if [[ "${local_dig}" == *"status: NOERROR"* ]]; then
                         local_dig="NOERROR"
@@ -803,27 +816,42 @@ ftl_full_status(){
 
 make_array_from_file() {
     local filename="${1}"
-
-    # If the file is a directory do nothing since it cannot be parsed
-    [[ -d "${filename}" ]] && return
-
     # The second argument can put a limit on how many line should be read from the file
     # Since some of the files are so large, this is helpful to limit the output
     local limit=${2}
     # A local iterator for testing if we are at the limit above
     local i=0
+    # If the file is a directory
+    if [[ -d "${filename}" ]]; then
+        # do nothing since it cannot be parsed
+        :
+    else
+        # Otherwise, read the file line by line
+        while IFS= read -r line;do
+            # Otherwise, strip out comments and blank lines
+            new_line=$(echo "${line}" | sed -e 's/^\s*#.*$//' -e '/^$/d')
+            # If the line still has content (a non-zero value)
+            if [[ -n "${new_line}" ]]; then
 
-    # Process the file, strip out comments and blank lines
-    local processed
-    processed=$(sed -e 's/^\s*#.*$//' -e '/^$/d' "${filename}")
+                # If the string contains "### CHANGED", highlight this part in red
+                if [[ "${new_line}" == *"### CHANGED"* ]]; then
+                    new_line="${new_line//### CHANGED/${COL_RED}### CHANGED${COL_NC}}"
+                fi
 
-    while IFS= read -r line; do
-        # If the string contains "### CHANGED", highlight this part in red
-        log_write "   ${line//### CHANGED/${COL_RED}### CHANGED${COL_NC}}"
-        ((i++))
-        # if the limit of lines we want to see is exceeded do nothing
-        [[ -n ${limit} && $i -eq ${limit} ]] && break
-    done <<< "$processed"
+                # Finally, write this line to the log
+                log_write "   ${new_line}"
+            fi
+            # Increment the iterator +1
+            i=$((i+1))
+            # but if the limit of lines we want to see is exceeded
+            if [[ -z ${limit} ]]; then
+                # do nothing
+                :
+            elif [[ $i -eq ${limit} ]]; then
+                break
+            fi
+        done < "${filename}"
+    fi
 }
 
 parse_file() {
@@ -896,38 +924,38 @@ list_files_in_dir() {
     fi
 
     # Store the files found in an array
-    local files_found=("${dir_to_parse}"/*)
+    mapfile -t files_found < <(ls "${dir_to_parse}")
     # For each file in the array,
     for each_file in "${files_found[@]}"; do
-        if [[ -d "${each_file}" ]]; then
+        if [[ -d "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" ]]; then
             # If it's a directory, do nothing
             :
-        elif [[ "${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_DEBUG_LOG}" ]] || \
-            [[ "${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_RAW_BLOCKLIST_FILES}" ]] || \
-            [[ "${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_INSTALL_LOG_FILE}" ]] || \
-            [[ "${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_LOG}" ]] || \
-            [[ "${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_LOG_GZIPS}" ]]; then
+        elif [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_DEBUG_LOG}" ]] || \
+            [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_RAW_BLOCKLIST_FILES}" ]] || \
+            [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_INSTALL_LOG_FILE}" ]] || \
+            [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_LOG}" ]] || \
+            [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${PIHOLE_LOG_GZIPS}" ]]; then
             :
         elif [[ "${dir_to_parse}" == "${DNSMASQ_D_DIRECTORY}" ]]; then
             # in case of the dnsmasq directory include all files in the debug output
-            log_write "\\n${COL_GREEN}$(ls -lhd "${each_file}")${COL_NC}"
-            make_array_from_file "${each_file}"
+            log_write "\\n${COL_GREEN}$(ls -lhd "${dir_to_parse}"/"${each_file}")${COL_NC}"
+            make_array_from_file "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}"
         else
             # Then, parse the file's content into an array so each line can be analyzed if need be
             for i in "${!REQUIRED_FILES[@]}"; do
-                if [[ "${each_file}" == "${REQUIRED_FILES[$i]}" ]]; then
+                if [[ "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" == "${REQUIRED_FILES[$i]}" ]]; then
                     # display the filename
-                    log_write "\\n${COL_GREEN}$(ls -lhd "${each_file}")${COL_NC}"
+                    log_write "\\n${COL_GREEN}$(ls -lhd "${dir_to_parse}"/"${each_file}")${COL_NC}"
                     # Check if the file we want to view has a limit (because sometimes we just need a little bit of info from the file, not the entire thing)
-                    case "${each_file}" in
+                    case "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" in
                         # If it's Web server log, give the first and last 25 lines
-                        "${PIHOLE_WEBSERVER_LOG}") head_tail_log "${each_file}" 25
+                        "${PIHOLE_WEBSERVER_LOG}") head_tail_log "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" 25
                             ;;
                         # Same for the FTL log
-                        "${PIHOLE_FTL_LOG}") head_tail_log "${each_file}" 35
+                        "${PIHOLE_FTL_LOG}") head_tail_log "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}" 35
                             ;;
                         # parse the file into an array in case we ever need to analyze it line-by-line
-                        *) make_array_from_file "${each_file}";
+                        *) make_array_from_file "${dir_to_parse}/${each_file}";
                     esac
                 else
                     # Otherwise, do nothing since it's not a file needed for Pi-hole so we don't care about it
@@ -963,7 +991,6 @@ head_tail_log() {
     local filename="${1}"
     # The number of lines to use for head and tail
     local qty="${2}"
-    local filebasename="${filename##*/}"
     local head_line
     local tail_line
     # Put the current Internal Field Separator into another variable so it can be restored later
@@ -972,14 +999,14 @@ head_tail_log() {
     IFS=$'\r\n'
     local log_head=()
     mapfile -t log_head < <(head -n "${qty}" "${filename}")
-    log_write "   ${COL_CYAN}-----head of ${filebasename}------${COL_NC}"
+    log_write "   ${COL_CYAN}-----head of $(basename "${filename}")------${COL_NC}"
     for head_line in "${log_head[@]}"; do
         log_write "   ${head_line}"
     done
     log_write ""
     local log_tail=()
     mapfile -t log_tail < <(tail -n "${qty}" "${filename}")
-    log_write "   ${COL_CYAN}-----tail of ${filebasename}------${COL_NC}"
+    log_write "   ${COL_CYAN}-----tail of $(basename "${filename}")------${COL_NC}"
     for tail_line in "${log_tail[@]}"; do
         log_write "   ${tail_line}"
     done
@@ -1006,24 +1033,6 @@ show_db_entries() {
     )
 
     for line in "${entries[@]}"; do
-        # Use gray color for "no". Normal color for "yes"
-        line=${line//--no---/${COL_GRAY}  no   ${COL_NC}}
-        line=${line//--yes--/  yes  }
-
-        # Use red for "deny" and green for "allow"
-        if [ "$title" = "Domainlist" ]; then
-            line=${line//regex-deny/${COL_RED}regex-deny${COL_NC}}
-            line=${line//regex-allow/${COL_GREEN}regex-allow${COL_NC}}
-            line=${line//exact-deny/${COL_RED}exact-deny${COL_NC}}
-            line=${line//exact-allow/${COL_GREEN}exact-allow${COL_NC}}
-        fi
-
-        # Use red for "block" and green for "allow"
-        if [ "$title" = "Adlists" ]; then
-            line=${line//-BLOCK-/${COL_RED} Block ${COL_NC}}
-            line=${line//-ALLOW-/${COL_GREEN} Allow ${COL_NC}}
-        fi
-
         log_write "   ${line}"
     done
 
@@ -1071,15 +1080,15 @@ check_dhcp_servers() {
 }
 
 show_groups() {
-    show_db_entries "Groups" "SELECT id,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '--no---' WHEN '1' THEN '--yes--' ELSE enabled END enabled,name,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,description FROM \"group\"" "4 7 50 19 19 50"
+    show_db_entries "Groups" "SELECT id,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '   0' WHEN '1' THEN '      1' ELSE enabled END enabled,name,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,description FROM \"group\"" "4 7 50 19 19 50"
 }
 
 show_adlists() {
-    show_db_entries "Adlists" "SELECT id,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '--no---' WHEN '1' THEN '--yes--' ELSE enabled END enabled,GROUP_CONCAT(adlist_by_group.group_id) group_ids, CASE type WHEN '0' THEN '-BLOCK-' WHEN '1' THEN '-ALLOW-' ELSE type END type, address,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,comment FROM adlist LEFT JOIN adlist_by_group ON adlist.id = adlist_by_group.adlist_id GROUP BY id;" "5 7 12 7 100 19 19 50"
+    show_db_entries "Adlists" "SELECT id,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '   0' WHEN '1' THEN '      1' ELSE enabled END enabled,GROUP_CONCAT(adlist_by_group.group_id) group_ids,address,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,comment FROM adlist LEFT JOIN adlist_by_group ON adlist.id = adlist_by_group.adlist_id GROUP BY id;" "5 7 12 100 19 19 50"
 }
 
 show_domainlist() {
-    show_db_entries "Domainlist" "SELECT id,CASE type WHEN '0' THEN 'exact-allow' WHEN '1' THEN 'exact-deny' WHEN '2' THEN 'regex-allow' WHEN '3' THEN 'regex-deny' ELSE type END type,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '--no---' WHEN '1' THEN '--yes--' ELSE enabled END enabled,GROUP_CONCAT(domainlist_by_group.group_id) group_ids,domain,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,comment FROM domainlist LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist.id = domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id GROUP BY id;" "5 11 7 12 90 19 19 50"
+    show_db_entries "Domainlist (0/1 = exact allow-/denylist, 2/3 = regex allow-/denylist)" "SELECT id,CASE type WHEN '0' THEN '0   ' WHEN '1' THEN ' 1  ' WHEN '2' THEN '  2 ' WHEN '3' THEN '   3' ELSE type END type,CASE enabled WHEN '0' THEN '   0' WHEN '1' THEN '      1' ELSE enabled END enabled,GROUP_CONCAT(domainlist_by_group.group_id) group_ids,domain,datetime(date_added,'unixepoch','localtime') date_added,datetime(date_modified,'unixepoch','localtime') date_modified,comment FROM domainlist LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist.id = domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id GROUP BY id;" "5 4 7 12 100 19 19 50"
 }
 
 show_clients() {

advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh

@@ -8,20 +8,12 @@ utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 
 # Get file paths
 FTL_PID_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.pid)"
-FTL_LOG_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.ftl)"
-PIHOLE_LOG_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.dnsmasq)"
-WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE="$(getFTLConfigValue files.log.webserver)"
-FTL_PID_FILE="${FTL_PID_FILE:-/run/pihole-FTL.pid}"
-FTL_LOG_FILE="${FTL_LOG_FILE:-/var/log/pihole/FTL.log}"
-PIHOLE_LOG_FILE="${PIHOLE_LOG_FILE:-/var/log/pihole/pihole.log}"
-WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE="${WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE:-/var/log/pihole/webserver.log}"
 
 # Ensure that permissions are set so that pihole-FTL can edit all necessary files
 mkdir -p /var/log/pihole
 chown -R pihole:pihole /etc/pihole/ /var/log/pihole/
 
 # allow all users read version file (and use pihole -v)
-touch /etc/pihole/versions
 chmod 0644 /etc/pihole/versions
 
 # allow pihole to access subdirs in /etc/pihole (sets execution bit on dirs)
@@ -36,7 +28,7 @@ chown root:root /etc/pihole/logrotate
 
 # Touch files to ensure they exist (create if non-existing, preserve if existing)
 [ -f "${FTL_PID_FILE}" ] || install -D -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${FTL_PID_FILE}"
-[ -f "${FTL_LOG_FILE}" ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${FTL_LOG_FILE}"
-[ -f "${PIHOLE_LOG_FILE}" ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${PIHOLE_LOG_FILE}"
-[ -f "${WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE}" ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null "${WEBSERVER_LOG_FILE}"
+[ -f /var/log/pihole/FTL.log ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/FTL.log
+[ -f /var/log/pihole/pihole.log ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/pihole.log
+[ -f /var/log/pihole/webserver.log ] || install -m 640 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /var/log/pihole/webserver.log
 [ -f /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases ] || install -m 644 -o pihole -g pihole /dev/null /etc/pihole/dhcp.leases

advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.openrc

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ extra_started_commands="reload"
 
 respawn_max=5
 respawn_period=60
-capabilities="^CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,^CAP_NET_RAW,^CAP_NET_ADMIN,^CAP_SYS_NICE,^CAP_IPC_LOCK,^CAP_CHOWN,^CAP_SYS_TIME"
+capabilities="^CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_NET_RAW,CAP_NET_ADMIN,CAP_SYS_NICE,CAP_IPC_LOCK,CAP_CHOWN,CAP_SYS_TIME"
 
 depend() {
     want net

advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.systemd

@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ StartLimitIntervalSec=60s
 
 [Service]
 User=pihole
+PermissionsStartOnly=true
 AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_RAW CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_SYS_NICE CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_CHOWN CAP_SYS_TIME
 
-# Run prestart with elevated permissions
-ExecStartPre=+/opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
+ExecStartPre=/opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pihole-FTL -f
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=5s
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
-ExecStopPost=+/opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh
+ExecStopPost=/opt/pihole/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh
 
 # Use graceful shutdown with a reasonable timeout
 TimeoutStopSec=60s

automated install/basic-install.sh

@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ c=70
 PIHOLE_META_PACKAGE_CONTROL_APT=$(
     cat <<EOM
 Package: pihole-meta
-Version: 0.6
+Version: 0.5
 Maintainer: Pi-hole team <adblock@pi-hole.net>
 Architecture: all
 Description: Pi-hole dependency meta package
-Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,bind9-dnsutils|dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
+Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
 Section: contrib/metapackages
 Priority: optional
 EOM
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ EOM
 )
 
 # List of required packages on APK based systems
-PIHOLE_META_VERSION_APK=0.2
+PIHOLE_META_VERSION_APK=0.1
 PIHOLE_META_DEPS_APK=(
     bash
     bash-completion
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ PIHOLE_META_DEPS_APK=(
     sudo
     tzdata
     unzip
+    wget
 )
 
 ######## Undocumented Flags. Shhh ########
@@ -693,11 +694,10 @@ chooseInterface() {
             status="OFF"
         done
         # Disable check for double quote here as we are passing a string with spaces
-        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
         PIHOLE_INTERFACE=$(dialog --no-shadow --keep-tite --output-fd 1 \
             --cancel-label "Exit" --ok-label "Select" \
             --radiolist "Choose An Interface (press space to toggle selection)" \
-            ${r} ${c} "${interfaceCount}" ${interfacesList})
+            ${r} ${c} "${interfaceCount}" "${interfacesList}")
 
         result=$?
         case ${result} in

gravity.sh

@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ compareLists() {
 # Download specified URL and perform checks on HTTP status and file content
 gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
   local url="${1}" adlistID="${2}" saveLocation="${3}" compression="${4}" gravity_type="${5}" domain="${6}"
-  local listCurlBuffer str httpCode success="" ip customUpstreamResolver=""
+  local listCurlBuffer str curlJson httpCode curlErrorMsg="" curlExitCode="" success="" ip customUpstreamResolver=""
   local file_path permissions ip_addr port blocked=false download=true
   # modifiedOptions is an array to store all the options used to check if the adlist has been changed upstream
   local modifiedOptions=()
@@ -750,14 +750,19 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
   # Check for allowed protocols
   if [[ $url != "http"* && $url != "https"* && $url != "file"* && $url != "ftp"* && $url != "ftps"* && $url != "sftp"* ]]; then
     echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Invalid protocol specified. Ignoring list."
-    echo -e "      Ensure your URL starts with a valid protocol like http:// , https:// or file:// ."
+    echo -e "Ensure your URL starts with a valid protocol like http:// , https:// or file:// ."
     download=false
   fi
 
   if [[ "${download}" == true ]]; then
-    httpCode=$(curl --connect-timeout ${curl_connect_timeout} -s -L ${compression:+${compression}} ${customUpstreamResolver:+${customUpstreamResolver}} "${modifiedOptions[@]}" -w "%{http_code}" "${url}" -o "${listCurlBuffer}" 2>/dev/null)
+    curlJson=$(curl --connect-timeout ${curl_connect_timeout} -s -L ${compression:+${compression}} ${customUpstreamResolver:+${customUpstreamResolver}} "${modifiedOptions[@]}" -w "%{json}" "${url}" -o "${listCurlBuffer}")
   fi
 
+  # Retrieve the HTTP code, exit code and error message returned by curl command
+  httpCode=$(echo "${curlJson}" | jq '.http_code')
+  curlErrorMsg=$(echo "${curlJson}" | jq '.errormsg')
+  curlExitCode=$(echo "${curlJson}" | jq '.exitcode')
+
   case $url in
   # Did we "download" a local file?
   "file"*)
@@ -780,7 +785,6 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
       echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} ${str} No changes detected"
       success=true
       ;;
-    "000") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Connection Refused" ;;
     "403") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Forbidden" ;;
     "404") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Not found" ;;
     "408") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Time-out" ;;
@@ -789,7 +793,7 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
     "504") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Connection Timed Out (Gateway)" ;;
     "521") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Web Server Is Down (Cloudflare)" ;;
     "522") echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Connection Timed Out (Cloudflare)" ;;
-    *) echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} ${url} (${httpCode})" ;;
+    *) echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} Failure (exit_code=${COL_RED}${curlExitCode}${COL_NC} Msg: ${COL_CYAN}${curlErrorMsg}${COL_NC})" ;;
     esac
     ;;
   esac
@@ -1130,7 +1134,7 @@ fi
 
 if [[ "${forceDelete:-}" == true ]]; then
   str="Deleting existing list cache"
-  echo -ne "  ${INFO} ${str}..."
+  echo -ne "${INFO} ${str}..."
 
   rm "${listsCacheDir}/list.*" 2>/dev/null || true
   echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} ${str}"

test/_alpine_3_23.Dockerfile

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-FROM alpine:3.23
-
-ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
-ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole
-RUN sed -i 's/#\(.*\/community\)/\1/' /etc/apk/repositories
-RUN apk --no-cache add bash coreutils curl git jq openrc shadow
-
-RUN mkdir -p $GITDIR $SCRIPTDIR /etc/pihole
-ADD . $GITDIR
-RUN cp $GITDIR/advanced/Scripts/*.sh $GITDIR/gravity.sh $GITDIR/pihole $GITDIR/automated\ install/*.sh $GITDIR/advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE $SCRIPTDIR/
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$SCRIPTDIR
-
-RUN true && \
-    chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
-
-ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
-
-#sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/_fedora_43.Dockerfile

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-FROM fedora:43
-RUN dnf install -y git initscripts
-
-ENV GITDIR=/etc/.pihole
-ENV SCRIPTDIR=/opt/pihole
-
-RUN mkdir -p $GITDIR $SCRIPTDIR /etc/pihole
-ADD . $GITDIR
-RUN cp $GITDIR/advanced/Scripts/*.sh $GITDIR/gravity.sh $GITDIR/pihole $GITDIR/automated\ install/*.sh $GITDIR/advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE $SCRIPTDIR/
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$SCRIPTDIR
-
-RUN true && \
-    chmod +x $SCRIPTDIR/*
-
-ENV SKIP_INSTALL=true
-
-#sed '/# Start the installer/Q' /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh > /opt/pihole/stub_basic-install.sh && \

test/requirements.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pyyaml == 6.0.3
-pytest == 9.0.1
+pytest == 8.4.2
 pytest-xdist == 3.8.0
 pytest-testinfra == 10.2.2
-tox == 4.32.0
+tox == 4.31.0
 pytest-clarity == 1.0.1

test/tox.alpine_3_23.ini

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[tox]
-envlist = py3
-
-[testenv:py3]
-allowlist_externals = docker
-deps = -rrequirements.txt
-setenv =
-    COLUMNS=120
-commands = docker buildx build --load --progress plain -f _alpine_3_23.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
-           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py

test/tox.fedora_43.ini

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-[tox]
-envlist = py3
-
-[testenv]
-allowlist_externals = docker
-deps = -rrequirements.txt
-setenv =
-    COLUMNS=120
-commands = docker buildx build --load --progress plain -f _fedora_43.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
-           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py ./test_centos_fedora_common_support.py