Fix permission for *.etag files after gravity run

Signed-off-by: Christian König <github@yubiuser.dev>
2025-07-16 21:00:05 +02:00
34 changed files with 373 additions and 763 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ jobs:
    steps:
    -
      name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    -
      name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@f443b600d91635bebf5b0d9ebc620189c0d6fba5 #v4.30.8
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
      with:
        languages: 'python'
    -
      name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@f443b600d91635bebf5b0d9ebc620189c0d6fba5 #v4.30.8
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
    -
      name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@f443b600d91635bebf5b0d9ebc620189c0d6fba5 #v4.30.8
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-conflict.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-conflict.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check if PRs are have merge conflicts
-        uses: eps1lon/actions-label-merge-conflict@1df065ebe6e3310545d4f4c4e862e43bdca146f0 #v3.0.3
+        uses: eps1lon/actions-label-merge-conflict@v3.0.3
        with:
          dirtyLabel: "PR: Merge Conflict"
          repoToken: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
      issues: write

    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 #v10.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@v9.1.0
        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@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
      - name: Remove 'stale' label
        run: gh issue edit ${{ github.event.issue.number }} --remove-label ${{ env.stale_label }}
        env:
--- a/.github/workflows/stale_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale_pr.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
      pull-requests: write

    steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@5f858e3efba33a5ca4407a664cc011ad407f2008 #v10.1.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@v9.1.0
        with:
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          # Do not automatically mark PR/issue as stale
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-back-to-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-back-to-dev.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
    name: Syncing branches
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
      - 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:
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # Differential ShellCheck requires full git history

@@ -31,25 +31,25 @@ jobs:
          [[ $FAIL == 1 ]] && exit 1 || echo "Scripts are executable!"

      - name: Differential ShellCheck
-        uses: redhat-plumbers-in-action/differential-shellcheck@0d9e5b29625f871e6a4215380486d6f1a7cb6cdd #v5.5.5
+        uses: redhat-plumbers-in-action/differential-shellcheck@v5
        with:
          severity: warning
          display-engine: sarif-fmt


      - name: Spell-Checking
-        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@406322ec52dd7b488e48c1c4b82e2a8b3a1bf630 #v2.1
+        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
        with:
          ignore_words_file: .codespellignore

      - name: Get editorconfig-checker
-        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@1a41284d59c6fe7f1b21ddc4a2b36400a33dc1b4 # tag v2. is really out of date
+        uses: editorconfig-checker/action-editorconfig-checker@main # tag v1.0.0 is really out of date

      - name: Run editorconfig-checker
        run: editorconfig-checker

      - name: Check python code formatting with black
-        uses: psf/black@af0ba72a73598c76189d6dd1b21d8532255d5942 #25.9.0
+        uses: psf/black@stable
        with:
          src: "./test"
          options: "--check --diff --color"
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ jobs:
          [
            debian_11,
            debian_12,
-            debian_13,
            ubuntu_20,
            ubuntu_22,
            ubuntu_24,
@@ -74,17 +73,15 @@ jobs:
            fedora_40,
            fedora_41,
            fedora_42,
-            alpine_3_21,
-            alpine_3_22,
          ]
    env:
      DISTRO: ${{matrix.distro}}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2

      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c #v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5.6.0
        with:
          python-version: "3.13"

--- a/.shellcheckrc
+++ b/.shellcheckrc
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
 external-sources=true # allow shellcheck to read external sources
 disable=SC3043 #disable SC3043: In POSIX sh, local is undefined.
-enable=useless-use-of-cat # disabled by default as of shellcheck 0.11.0
-enable=avoid-negated-conditions # avoid-negated-conditions is optional as of shellcheck 0.11.0
-enable=require-variable-braces
-enable=deprecate-which
--- a/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/api.sh
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ LoginAPI() {

    # Try to login again until the session is valid
    while [ ! "${validSession}" = true ]  ; do
+        echo "Authentication failed. Please enter your Pi-hole password"

        # Print the error message if there is one
        if  [ ! "${sessionError}" = "null"  ] && [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
@@ -160,14 +161,6 @@ LoginAPI() {
            echo "Error: ${sessionMessage}"
        fi

-        if  [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
-            # If we are not in verbose mode, no need to print the error message again
-            echo "Please enter your Pi-hole password"
-        else
-
-            echo "Authentication failed. Please enter your Pi-hole password"
-        fi
-
        # secretly read the password
        secretRead; printf '\n'

@@ -190,20 +183,13 @@ Authentication() {
        echo "No response from FTL server. Please check connectivity"
        exit 1
    fi
+    # obtain validity, session ID and sessionMessage from session response
+    validSession=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq .session.valid 2>/dev/null)
+    SID=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq --raw-output .session.sid 2>/dev/null)
+    sessionMessage=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq --raw-output .session.message 2>/dev/null)

-    # obtain validity, session ID, sessionMessage and error message from
-    # session response, apply default values if none returned
-    result=$(echo "${sessionResponse}" | jq -r '
-        (.session.valid // false),
-        (.session.sid // null),
-        (.session.message // null),
-        (.error.message // null)
-    ' 2>/dev/null)
-
-    validSession=$(echo "${result}" | sed -n '1p')
-    SID=$(echo "${result}" | sed -n '2p')
-    sessionMessage=$(echo "${result}" | sed -n '3p')
-    sessionError=$(echo "${result}" | sed -n '4p')
+    # obtain the error message from the session response
+    sessionError=$(echo "${sessionResponse}"| jq --raw-output .error.message 2>/dev/null)

    if [ "${1}" = "verbose" ]; then
        if [ "${validSession}" = true ]; then
@@ -367,9 +353,12 @@ apiFunc() {
  if [ "${verbosity}" = "verbose" ]; then
    echo "Data:"
  fi
-  # Attempt to print the data with jq, if it is not valid JSON, or not installed
-  # then print the plain text.
-  echo "${data}" | jq . 2>/dev/null || echo "${data}"
+
+  if command -v jq >/dev/null && echo "${data}" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "${data}" | jq .
+  else
+    echo "${data}"
+  fi

  # Delete the session
  LogoutAPI "${verbosity}"
--- a/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity-db.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity-db.sh
@@ -150,10 +150,4 @@ upgrade_gravityDB(){
        pihole-FTL sqlite3 -ni "${database}" < "${scriptPath}/18_to_19.sql"
        version=19
    fi
-    if [[ "$version" == "19" ]]; then
-        # Update views to use new allowlist/denylist names
-        echo -e "  ${INFO} Upgrading gravity database from version 19 to 20"
-        pihole-FTL sqlite3 -ni "${database}" < "${scriptPath}/19_to_20.sql"
-        version=20
-    fi
 }
--- a/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity/19_to_20.sql
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/database_migration/gravity/19_to_20.sql
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-.timeout 30000
-
-BEGIN TRANSACTION;
-
-DROP VIEW vw_whitelist;
-CREATE VIEW vw_allowlist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
-    FROM domainlist
-    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
-    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
-    WHERE domainlist.enabled = 1 AND (domainlist_by_group.group_id IS NULL OR "group".enabled = 1)
-    AND domainlist.type = 0
-    ORDER BY domainlist.id;
-
-DROP VIEW vw_blacklist;
-CREATE VIEW vw_denylist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
-    FROM domainlist
-    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
-    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
-    WHERE domainlist.enabled = 1 AND (domainlist_by_group.group_id IS NULL OR "group".enabled = 1)
-    AND domainlist.type = 1
-    ORDER BY domainlist.id;
-
-DROP VIEW vw_regex_whitelist;
-CREATE VIEW vw_regex_allowlist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
-    FROM domainlist
-    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
-    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
-    WHERE domainlist.enabled = 1 AND (domainlist_by_group.group_id IS NULL OR "group".enabled = 1)
-    AND domainlist.type = 2
-    ORDER BY domainlist.id;
-
-DROP VIEW vw_regex_blacklist;
-CREATE VIEW vw_regex_denylist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
-    FROM domainlist
-    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
-    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
-    WHERE domainlist.enabled = 1 AND (domainlist_by_group.group_id IS NULL OR "group".enabled = 1)
-    AND domainlist.type = 3
-    ORDER BY domainlist.id;
-
-UPDATE info SET value = 20 WHERE property = 'version';
-
-COMMIT;
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeARPTable.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
+# (c) 2019 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
+# Network-wide ad blocking via your own hardware.
+#
+# ARP table interaction
+#
+# This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
+# Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
+
+coltable="/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
+if [[ -f ${coltable} ]]; then
+# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE"
+    source ${coltable}
+fi
+
+readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
+utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
+# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
+source "${utilsfile}"
+
+# Determine database location
+DBFILE=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.database")
+if [ -z "$DBFILE" ]; then
+    DBFILE="/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db"
+fi
+
+flushARP(){
+    local output
+    if [[ "${args[1]}" != "quiet" ]]; then
+        echo -ne "  ${INFO} Flushing network table ..."
+    fi
+
+    # Stop FTL to prevent database access
+    if ! output=$(service pihole-FTL stop 2>&1); then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to stop FTL"
+        echo "  Output: ${output}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Truncate network_addresses table in pihole-FTL.db
+    # This needs to be done before we can truncate the network table due to
+    # foreign key constraints
+    if ! output=$(pihole-FTL sqlite3 -ni "${DBFILE}" "DELETE FROM network_addresses" 2>&1); then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to truncate network_addresses table"
+        echo "  Database location: ${DBFILE}"
+        echo "  Output: ${output}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Truncate network table in pihole-FTL.db
+    if ! output=$(pihole-FTL sqlite3 -ni "${DBFILE}" "DELETE FROM network" 2>&1); then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to truncate network table"
+        echo "  Database location: ${DBFILE}"
+        echo "  Output: ${output}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Flush ARP cache of the host
+    if ! output=$(ip -s -s neigh flush all 2>&1); then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to flush ARP cache"
+        echo "  Output: ${output}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Start FTL again
+    if ! output=$(service pihole-FTL restart 2>&1); then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to restart FTL"
+        echo "  Output: ${output}"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "${args[1]}" != "quiet" ]]; then
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Flushed network table"
+    fi
+}
+
+args=("$@")
+
+case "${args[0]}" in
+    "arpflush"            ) flushARP;;
+esac
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ dig_at() {
        local record_type="A"
    fi

-    # Find a random blocked url that has not been allowlisted and is not ABP style.
+    # Find a random blocked url that has not been whitelisted and is not ABP style.
    # This helps emulate queries to different domains that a user might query
    # It will also give extra assurance that Pi-hole is correctly resolving and blocking domains
    local random_url
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ process_status(){
                :
            else
            # non-Docker system
-                if service "${i}" status | grep -q -E 'is\srunning|started'; then
+                if service "${i}" status | grep -E 'is\srunning' &> /dev/null; then
                    status_of_process="active"
                else
                    status_of_process="inactive"
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ show_adlists() {
 }

 show_domainlist() {
-    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_db_entries "Domainlist (0/1 = exact white-/blacklist, 2/3 = regex white-/blacklist)" "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() {
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ if [[ "$*" == *"once"* ]]; then
        if [[ "$*" != *"quiet"* ]]; then
            echo -ne "  ${INFO} Running logrotate ..."
        fi
-        mkdir -p "${STATEFILE%/*}"
        /usr/sbin/logrotate --force --state "${STATEFILE}" /etc/pihole/logrotate
    else
        # Handle rotation for each log file
@@ -116,3 +115,4 @@ else
        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Deleted ${deleted} queries from long-term query database"
    fi
 fi
+
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeNetworkFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeNetworkFlush.sh
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
-# (c) 2019 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
-# Network-wide ad blocking via your own hardware.
-#
-# Network table flush
-#
-# This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
-# Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
-
-coltable="/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
-if [[ -f ${coltable} ]]; then
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE"
-    source ${coltable}
-fi
-
-readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
-utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
-# shellcheck source=./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
-source "${utilsfile}"
-
-# Source api functions
-# shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/api.sh"
-. "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/api.sh"
-
-flushNetwork(){
-    local output
-
-    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Flushing network table ..."
-
-    local data status error
-    # Authenticate with FTL
-    LoginAPI
-
-    # send query again
-    data=$(PostFTLData "action/flush/network" "" "status")
-
-    # Separate the status from the data
-    status=$(printf %s "${data#"${data%???}"}")
-    data=$(printf %s "${data%???}")
-
-    # If there is an .error object in the returned data, display it
-    local error
-    error=$(jq --compact-output <<< "${data}" '.error')
-    if [[ $error != "null" && $error != "" ]]; then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to flush the network table:"
-        echo -e "      $(jq <<< "${data}" '.error')"
-        LogoutAPI
-        exit 1
-    elif [[ "${status}" == "200" ]]; then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Flushed network table"
-    fi
-
-    # Delete session
-    LogoutAPI
-}
-
-flushArp(){
-    # Flush ARP cache of the host
-    if ! output=$(ip -s -s neigh flush all 2>&1); then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} Failed to flush ARP cache"
-        echo "  Output: ${output}"
-        return 1
-    fi
-}
-
-# Process all options (if present)
-while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
-    case "$1" in
-    "--arp" ) doARP=true ;;
-    esac
-    shift
-done
-
-flushNetwork
-
-if [[ "${doARP}" == true ]]; then
-    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Flushing ARP cache"
-    if flushArp; then
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Flushed ARP cache"
-    fi
-fi
-
--- a/advanced/Scripts/query.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/query.sh
@@ -37,16 +37,19 @@ Options:
 }

 GenerateOutput() {
-    local counts data num_gravity num_lists search_type_str
-    local gravity_data_csv lists_data_csv line url type color
+    local data gravity_data lists_data num_gravity num_lists search_type_str
+    local gravity_data_csv lists_data_csv line current_domain url type color
    data="${1}"

-    # Get count of list and gravity matches
-    # Use JQ to count number of entries in lists and gravity
-    # (output is number of list matches then number of gravity matches)
-    counts=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq --raw-output '(.search.domains | length), (.search.gravity | group_by(.address,.type) | length)')
-    num_lists=$(echo "$counts" | sed -n '1p')
-    num_gravity=$(echo "$counts" | sed -n '2p')
+    # construct a new json for the list results where each object contains the domain and the related type
+    lists_data=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq '.search.domains | [.[] | {domain: .domain, type: .type}]')
+
+    # construct a new json for the gravity results where each object contains the adlist URL and the related domains
+    gravity_data=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq '.search.gravity  | group_by(.address,.type) | map({ address: (.[0].address), type: (.[0].type), domains: [.[] | .domain] })')
+
+    # number of objects in each json
+    num_gravity=$(printf %s "${gravity_data}" | jq length)
+    num_lists=$(printf %s "${lists_data}" | jq length)

    if [ "${partial}" = true ]; then
        search_type_str="partially"
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ GenerateOutput() {
    if [ "${num_lists}" -gt 0 ]; then
        # Convert the data to a csv, each line is a "domain,type" string
        # not using jq's @csv here as it quotes each value individually
-        lists_data_csv=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq --raw-output '.search.domains | map([.domain, .type] | join(",")) | join("\n")')
+        lists_data_csv=$(printf %s "${lists_data}" | jq --raw-output '.[] | [.domain, .type] | join(",")')

        # Generate output for each csv line, separating line in a domain and type substring at the ','
        echo "${lists_data_csv}" | while read -r line; do
@@ -68,11 +71,11 @@ GenerateOutput() {
    fi

    # Results from gravity
-    printf "%s\n\n" "Found ${num_gravity} lists ${search_type_str} matching '${COL_BLUE}${domain}${COL_NC}'."
+    printf "%s\n\n" "Found ${num_gravity} adlists ${search_type_str} matching '${COL_BLUE}${domain}${COL_NC}'."
    if [ "${num_gravity}" -gt 0 ]; then
-        # Convert the data to a csv, each line is a "URL,type,domain,domain,...." string
+        # Convert the data to a csv, each line is a "URL,domain,domain,...." string
        # not using jq's @csv here as it quotes each value individually
-        gravity_data_csv=$(printf %s "${data}" | jq --raw-output '.search.gravity | group_by(.address,.type) | map([.[0].address, .[0].type, (.[] | .domain)] | join(",")) | join("\n")')
+        gravity_data_csv=$(printf %s "${gravity_data}" | jq --raw-output '.[] | [.address, .type, .domains[]] | join(",")')

        # Generate line-by-line output for each csv line
        echo "${gravity_data_csv}" | while read -r line; do
@@ -94,8 +97,15 @@ GenerateOutput() {

            # cut off type, leaving "domain,domain,...."
            line=${line#*,}
-            # Replace commas with newlines and format output
-            echo "${line}" | sed 's/,/\n/g' | sed "s/^/    - ${COL_GREEN}/" | sed "s/$/${COL_NC}/"
+            # print each domain and remove it from the string until nothing is left
+            while [ ${#line} -gt 0 ]; do
+                current_domain=${line%%,*}
+                printf '    - %s\n' "${COL_GREEN}${current_domain}${COL_NC}"
+                # we need to remove the current_domain and the comma in two steps because
+                # the last domain won't have a trailing comma and the while loop wouldn't exit
+                line=${line#"${current_domain}"}
+                line=${line#,}
+            done
            printf "\n\n"
        done
    fi
--- a/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
@@ -73,9 +73,7 @@ getFTLPID() {
 # Example getFTLConfigValue dns.piholePTR
 #######################
 getFTLConfigValue(){
-  # Pipe to cat to avoid pihole-FTL assuming this is an interactive command
-  # returning colored output.
-  pihole-FTL --config -q "${1}" | cat
+  pihole-FTL --config -q "${1}"
 }

 #######################
@@ -88,17 +86,9 @@ getFTLConfigValue(){
 # setFTLConfigValue dns.upstreams '[ "8.8.8.8" , "8.8.4.4" ]'
 #######################
 setFTLConfigValue(){
-    local err
-    { pihole-FTL --config "${1}" "${2}" >/dev/null; err="$?"; } || true
-
-    case $err in
-    0) ;;
-    5)
-        # FTL returns 5 if the value was set by an environment variable and is therefore read-only
-        printf "  %s %s set by environment variable. Please unset it to use this function\n" "${CROSS}" "${1}";
-        exit 5;;
-    *)
-        printf "  %s Failed to set %s. Try with sudo power\n" "${CROSS}" "${1}"
-        exit 1
-    esac
+  pihole-FTL --config "${1}" "${2}" >/dev/null
+  if [ $? -eq 5 ]; then
+    printf "  %s %s set by environment variable. Please unset it to use this function\n" "${CROSS}" "${1}"
+    exit 5
+  fi
 }
--- a/advanced/Templates/gravity.db.sql
+++ b/advanced/Templates/gravity.db.sql
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ CREATE TABLE info
    value TEXT NOT NULL
 );

-INSERT INTO "info" VALUES('version','20');
+INSERT INTO "info" VALUES('version','19');
 /* This is a flag to indicate if gravity was restored from a backup
    false = not restored,
    failed = restoration failed due to no backup
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ CREATE TRIGGER tr_domainlist_update AFTER UPDATE ON domainlist
      UPDATE domainlist SET date_modified = (cast(strftime('%s', 'now') as int)) WHERE domain = NEW.domain;
    END;

-CREATE VIEW vw_allowlist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+CREATE VIEW vw_whitelist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
    FROM domainlist
    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ CREATE VIEW vw_allowlist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_gr
    AND domainlist.type = 0
    ORDER BY domainlist.id;

-CREATE VIEW vw_denylist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+CREATE VIEW vw_blacklist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
    FROM domainlist
    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ CREATE VIEW vw_denylist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_gro
    AND domainlist.type = 1
    ORDER BY domainlist.id;

-CREATE VIEW vw_regex_allowlist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+CREATE VIEW vw_regex_whitelist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
    FROM domainlist
    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ CREATE VIEW vw_regex_allowlist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist
    AND domainlist.type = 2
    ORDER BY domainlist.id;

-CREATE VIEW vw_regex_denylist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
+CREATE VIEW vw_regex_blacklist AS SELECT domain, domainlist.id AS id, domainlist_by_group.group_id AS group_id
    FROM domainlist
    LEFT JOIN domainlist_by_group ON domainlist_by_group.domainlist_id = domainlist.id
    LEFT JOIN "group" ON "group".id = domainlist_by_group.group_id
--- a/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.openrc
+++ b/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.openrc
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-# shellcheck shell=sh disable=SC2034
-
-: "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR:=/opt/pihole}"
-
-command="/usr/bin/pihole-FTL"
-command_user="pihole:pihole"
-supervisor=supervise-daemon
-command_args_foreground="-f"
-command_background=true
-pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}_openrc.pid"
-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"
-
-depend() {
-    want net
-    provide dns
-}
-
-checkconfig() {
-    $command -f test
-}
-
-start_pre() {
-    sh "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh"
-}
-
-stop_post() {
-    sh "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh"
-}
-
-reload() {
-    checkconfig || return $?
-    ebegin "Reloading ${RC_SVCNAME}"
-    start-stop-daemon --signal HUP --pidfile "${pidfile}"
-    eend $?
-}
--- a/advanced/bash-completion/pihole
+++ b/advanced/bash-completion/pihole
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+_pihole() {
+    local cur prev opts opts_checkout opts_debug opts_logging opts_query opts_update opts_version
+    COMPREPLY=()
+    cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
+    prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
+    prev2="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-2]}"
+
+    case "${prev}" in
+        "pihole")
+            opts="allow allow-regex allow-wild deny checkout debug disable enable flush help logging query repair regex reloaddns reloadlists status tail uninstall updateGravity updatePihole version wildcard arpflush api"
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- ${cur}) )
+        ;;
+        "allow"|"deny"|"wildcard"|"regex"|"allow-regex"|"allow-wild")
+            opts_lists="\not \--delmode \--quiet \--list \--help"
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_lists}" -- ${cur}) )
+        ;;
+        "checkout")
+            opts_checkout="core ftl web master dev"
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_checkout}" -- ${cur}) )
+        ;;
+        "debug")
+            opts_debug="-a"
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_debug}" -- ${cur}) )
+        ;;
+        "logging")
+            opts_logging="on off 'off noflush'"
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_logging}" -- ${cur}) )
+        ;;
+        "query")
+            opts_query="--partial --all"
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_query}" -- ${cur}) )
+        ;;
+        "updatePihole"|"-up")
+            opts_update="--check-only"
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_update}" -- ${cur}) )
+        ;;
+        "core"|"admin"|"ftl")
+            if [[ "$prev2" == "checkout" ]]; then
+                opts_checkout="master dev"
+                COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts_checkout}" -- ${cur}) )
+            else
+                return 1
+            fi
+        ;;
+        *)
+        return 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+    return 0
+}
+complete -F _pihole pihole
--- a/advanced/bash-completion/pihole-ftl.bash
+++ b/advanced/bash-completion/pihole-ftl.bash
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Bash completion script for pihole-FTL
-#
-# This completion script provides tab completion for pihole-FTL CLI flags and commands.
-# It uses the `pihole-FTL --complete` command to generate the completion options.
-_complete_FTL() { mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(pihole-FTL --complete "${COMP_WORDS[@]}"); }
-
-complete -F _complete_FTL pihole-FTL
--- a/advanced/bash-completion/pihole.bash
+++ b/advanced/bash-completion/pihole.bash
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# Bash completion script for pihole
-#
-_pihole() {
-    local cur prev prev2 opts opts_lists opts_checkout opts_debug opts_logging opts_query opts_update opts_networkflush
-    COMPREPLY=()
-    cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
-    prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
-    prev2="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-2]}"
-
-    case "${prev}" in
-        "pihole")
-            opts="allow allow-regex allow-wild deny checkout debug disable enable flush help logging query repair regex reloaddns reloadlists setpassword status tail uninstall updateGravity updatePihole version wildcard networkflush api"
-            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts}" -- "${cur}")
-        ;;
-        "allow"|"deny"|"wildcard"|"regex"|"allow-regex"|"allow-wild")
-            opts_lists="\not \--delmode \--quiet \--list \--help"
-            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_lists}" -- "${cur}")
-        ;;
-        "checkout")
-            opts_checkout="core ftl web master dev"
-            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_checkout}" -- "${cur}")
-        ;;
-        "debug")
-            opts_debug="-a"
-            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_debug}" -- "${cur}")
-        ;;
-        "logging")
-            opts_logging="on off 'off noflush'"
-            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_logging}" -- "${cur}")
-        ;;
-        "query")
-            opts_query="--partial --all"
-            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_query}" -- "${cur}")
-        ;;
-        "updatePihole"|"-up")
-            opts_update="--check-only"
-            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_update}" -- "${cur}")
-        ;;
-        "networkflush")
-            opts_networkflush="--arp"
-            mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_networkflush}" -- "${cur}")
-        ;;
-        "core"|"web"|"ftl")
-            if [[ "$prev2" == "checkout" ]]; then
-                opts_checkout="master development"
-                mapfile -t COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${opts_checkout}" -- "${cur}")
-            else
-                return 1
-            fi
-        ;;
-        *)
-        return 1
-        ;;
-    esac
-    return 0
-}
-complete -F _pihole pihole
--- a/install/basic-install.sh
+++ b/install/basic-install.sh
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ fresh_install=true

 adlistFile="/etc/pihole/adlists.list"
 # Pi-hole needs an IP address; to begin, these variables are empty since we don't know what the IP is until this script can run
-IPV4_ADDRESS=
-IPV6_ADDRESS=
+IPV4_ADDRESS=${IPV4_ADDRESS}
+IPV6_ADDRESS=${IPV6_ADDRESS}
 # Give settings their default values. These may be changed by prompts later in the script.
 QUERY_LOGGING=
 PRIVACY_LEVEL=
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ c=70
 PIHOLE_META_PACKAGE_CONTROL_APT=$(
    cat <<EOM
 Package: pihole-meta
-Version: 0.5
+Version: 0.4
 Maintainer: Pi-hole team <adblock@pi-hole.net>
 Architecture: all
 Description: Pi-hole dependency meta package
-Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
+Depends: awk,bash-completion,binutils,ca-certificates,cron|cron-daemon,curl,dialog,dnsutils,dns-root-data,git,grep,iproute2,iputils-ping,jq,libcap2,libcap2-bin,lshw,netcat-openbsd,procps,psmisc,sudo,unzip
 Section: contrib/metapackages
 Priority: optional
 EOM
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ EOM
 PIHOLE_META_PACKAGE_CONTROL_RPM=$(
    cat <<EOM
 Name: pihole-meta
-Version: 0.3
+Version: 0.2
 Release: 1
 License: EUPL
 BuildArch: noarch
 Summary: Pi-hole dependency meta package
-Requires: bash-completion,bind-utils,binutils,ca-certificates,chkconfig,cronie,curl,dialog,findutils,gawk,git,grep,iproute,jq,libcap,lshw,procps-ng,psmisc,sudo,unzip
+Requires: bash-completion,bind-utils,binutils,ca-certificates,chkconfig,cronie,curl,dialog,findutils,gawk,git,grep,iproute,jq,libcap,lshw,nmap-ncat,procps-ng,psmisc,sudo,unzip
 %description
 Pi-hole dependency meta package
 %prep
@@ -143,9 +143,6 @@ Pi-hole dependency meta package
 %files
 %install
 %changelog
-* Mon Jul 14 2025 Pi-hole Team - 0.3
- Remove nmap-ncat from the list of dependencies
-
 * Wed May 28 2025 Pi-hole Team - 0.2
 - Add gawk to the list of dependencies

@@ -154,36 +151,6 @@ Pi-hole dependency meta package
 EOM
 )

-# List of required packages on APK based systems
-PIHOLE_META_VERSION_APK=0.1
-PIHOLE_META_DEPS_APK=(
-    bash
-    bash-completion
-    bind-tools
-    binutils
-    coreutils
-    cronie
-    curl
-    dialog
-    git
-    grep
-    iproute2-minimal # piholeARPTable.sh
-    iproute2-ss # piholeDebug.sh
-    jq
-    libcap
-    logrotate
-    lscpu # piholeDebug.sh
-    lshw # piholeDebug.sh
-    ncurses
-    procps-ng
-    psmisc
-    shadow
-    sudo
-    tzdata
-    unzip
-    wget
-)
-
 ######## Undocumented Flags. Shhh ########
 # These are undocumented flags; some of which we can use when repairing an installation
 # The runUnattended flag is one example of this
@@ -191,7 +158,7 @@ repair=false
 runUnattended=false
 # Check arguments for the undocumented flags
 for var in "$@"; do
-    case "${var}" in
+    case "$var" in
    "--repair") repair=true ;;
    "--unattended") runUnattended=true ;;
    esac
@@ -301,15 +268,7 @@ package_manager_detect() {
        PKG_COUNT="${PKG_MANAGER} check-update | grep -E '(.i686|.x86|.noarch|.arm|.src|.riscv64)' | wc -l || true"
        # The command we will use to remove packages (used in the uninstaller)
        PKG_REMOVE="${PKG_MANAGER} remove -y"
-
-    # If neither apt-get or yum/dnf package managers were found, check for apk.
-    elif is_command apk; then
-        PKG_MANAGER="apk"
-        UPDATE_PKG_CACHE="${PKG_MANAGER} update"
-        PKG_INSTALL="${PKG_MANAGER} add"
-        PKG_COUNT="${PKG_MANAGER} list --upgradable -q | wc -l"
-        PKG_REMOVE="${PKG_MANAGER} del"
-
+    # If neither apt-get or yum/dnf package managers were found
    else
        # we cannot install required packages
        printf "  %b No supported package manager found\\n" "${CROSS}"
@@ -320,20 +279,13 @@ package_manager_detect() {

 build_dependency_package(){
    # This function will build a package that contains all the dependencies needed for Pi-hole
-    if is_command apk ; then
-        local str="APK based system detected. Dependencies will be installed using a virtual package named pihole-meta"
-        printf "  %b %s...\\n" "${INFO}" "${str}"
-        return 0
-    fi

    # remove any leftover build directory that may exist
    rm -rf /tmp/pihole-meta_*

    # Create a fresh build directory with random name
-    # Busybox Compat: `mktemp` long flags unsupported
-    #   -d flag is short form of --directory
    local tempdir
-    tempdir="$(mktemp -d /tmp/pihole-meta_XXXXX)"
+    tempdir="$(mktemp --directory /tmp/pihole-meta_XXXXX)"
    chmod 0755 "${tempdir}"

    if is_command apt-get; then
@@ -621,7 +573,7 @@ Do you wish to continue with an IPv6-only installation?\\n\\n" \
    ;;
    esac

-    DNS_SERVERS="${DNS_SERVERS_IPV6_ONLY}"
+    DNS_SERVERS="$DNS_SERVERS_IPV6_ONLY"
    printf "  %b Proceeding with IPv6 only installation.\\n" "${INFO}"
 }

@@ -697,7 +649,7 @@ chooseInterface() {
        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 ${result} in
@@ -719,9 +671,9 @@ testIPv6() {
    # first will contain fda2 (ULA)
    printf -v first "%s" "${1%%:*}"
    # value1 will contain 253 which is the decimal value corresponding to 0xFD
-    value1=$(((0x${first}) / 256))
+    value1=$(((0x$first) / 256))
    # value2 will contain 162 which is the decimal value corresponding to 0xA2
-    value2=$(((0x${first}) % 256))
+    value2=$(((0x$first) % 256))
    # the ULA test is testing for fc00::/7 according to RFC 4193
    if (((value1 & 254) == 252)); then
        # echoing result to calling function as return value
@@ -746,7 +698,7 @@ find_IPv6_information() {
    # For each address in the array above, determine the type of IPv6 address it is
    for i in "${IPV6_ADDRESSES[@]}"; do
        # Check if it's ULA, GUA, or LL by using the function created earlier
-        result=$(testIPv6 "${i}")
+        result=$(testIPv6 "$i")
        # If it's a ULA address, use it and store it as a global variable
        [[ "${result}" == "ULA" ]] && ULA_ADDRESS="${i%/*}"
        # If it's a GUA address, use it and store it as a global variable
@@ -781,7 +733,7 @@ collect_v4andv6_information() {
    printf "  %b IPv4 address: %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV4_ADDRESS}"
    find_IPv6_information
    printf "  %b IPv6 address: %s\\n" "${INFO}" "${IPV6_ADDRESS}"
-    if [ "${IPV4_ADDRESS}" == "" ] && [ "${IPV6_ADDRESS}" != "" ]; then
+    if [ "$IPV4_ADDRESS" == "" ] && [ "$IPV6_ADDRESS" != "" ]; then
        confirm_ipv6_only
    fi
 }
@@ -801,7 +753,7 @@ valid_ip() {
    local regex="^${ipv4elem}\\.${ipv4elem}\\.${ipv4elem}\\.${ipv4elem}${portelem}$"

    # Evaluate the regex, and return the result
-    [[ ${ip} =~ ${regex} ]]
+    [[ $ip =~ ${regex} ]]

    stat=$?
    return "${stat}"
@@ -836,7 +788,7 @@ setDNS() {
    DNSChooseOptions=()
    local DNSServerCount=0
    # Save the old Internal Field Separator in a variable,
-    OIFS=${IFS}
+    OIFS=$IFS
    # and set the new one to newline
    IFS=$'\n'
    # Put the DNS Servers into an array
@@ -904,7 +856,7 @@ If you want to specify a port other than 53, separate it with a hash.\
            esac

            # Clean user input and replace whitespace with comma.
-            piholeDNS="${piholeDNS//[[:blank:]]/,}"
+            piholeDNS=$(sed 's/[, \t]\+/,/g' <<<"${piholeDNS}")

            # Separate the user input into the two DNS values (separated by a comma)
            printf -v PIHOLE_DNS_1 "%s" "${piholeDNS%%,*}"
@@ -960,7 +912,7 @@ If you want to specify a port other than 53, separate it with a hash.\
        done
    else
        # Save the old Internal Field Separator in a variable,
-        OIFS=${IFS}
+        OIFS=$IFS
        # and set the new one to newline
        IFS=$'\n'
        for DNSServer in ${DNS_SERVERS}; do
@@ -1182,8 +1134,7 @@ installScripts() {
        install -o "${USER}" -Dm755 -t "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}" ./automated\ install/uninstall.sh
        install -o "${USER}" -Dm755 -t "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}" ./advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE
        install -o "${USER}" -Dm755 -t "${PI_HOLE_BIN_DIR}" pihole
-        install -Dm644 ./advanced/bash-completion/pihole.bash /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole
-        install -Dm644 ./advanced/bash-completion/pihole-ftl.bash /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole-FTL
+        install -Dm644 ./advanced/bash-completion/pihole /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole
        printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"

    else
@@ -1222,12 +1173,7 @@ installConfigs() {
        # Load final service
        systemctl daemon-reload
    else
-        local INIT="service"
-        if is_command openrc; then
-            INIT="openrc"
-        fi
-
-        install -T -m 0755 "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.${INIT}" '/etc/init.d/pihole-FTL'
+        install -T -m 0755 "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL.service" '/etc/init.d/pihole-FTL'
    fi
    install -T -m 0755 "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh" "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}/pihole-FTL-prestart.sh"
    install -T -m 0755 "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/advanced/Templates/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh" "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR}/pihole-FTL-poststop.sh"
@@ -1316,8 +1262,6 @@ enable_service() {
    if is_command systemctl; then
        # use that to enable the service
        systemctl -q enable "${1}"
-    elif is_command openrc; then
-        rc-update add "${1}" "${2:-default}" &> /dev/null
    else
        #  Otherwise, use update-rc.d to accomplish this
        update-rc.d "${1}" defaults >/dev/null
@@ -1333,10 +1277,7 @@ disable_service() {
    # If systemctl exists,
    if is_command systemctl; then
        # use that to disable the service
-        systemctl -q disable --now "${1}"
-    elif is_command openrc; then
-        rc-update del "${1}" "${2:-default}" &> /dev/null
-
+        systemctl -q disable "${1}"
    else
        # Otherwise, use update-rc.d to accomplish this
        update-rc.d "${1}" disable >/dev/null
@@ -1349,8 +1290,6 @@ check_service_active() {
    if is_command systemctl; then
        # use that to check the status of the service
        systemctl -q is-enabled "${1}" 2>/dev/null
-    elif is_command openrc; then
-        rc-status default boot | grep -q "${1}"
    else
        # Otherwise, fall back to service command
        service "${1}" status &>/dev/null
@@ -1452,27 +1391,8 @@ install_dependent_packages() {
            printf "  %b Error: Unable to find Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_RED}"
            return 1
        fi
-    # Install Alpine packages
-    elif is_command apk; then
-        local repo_str="Ensuring alpine 'community' repo is enabled."
-        printf "%b  %b %s" "${OVER}" "${INFO}" "${repo_str}"

-        local pattern='^\s*#(.*/community/?)\s*$'
-        sed -Ei "s:${pattern}:\1:" /etc/apk/repositories
-        if grep -Eq "${pattern}" /etc/apk/repositories; then
-            # Repo still commented out = Failure
-            printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${repo_str}"
-        else
-            printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${repo_str}"
-        fi
-        printf "  %b %s..." "${INFO}" "${str}"
-        if { ${PKG_INSTALL} -q -t "pihole-meta=${PIHOLE_META_VERSION_APK}" "${PIHOLE_META_DEPS_APK[@]}" &>/dev/null; }; then
-            printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
-        else
-            printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
-            printf "  %b Error: Unable to install Pi-hole dependency package.\\n" "${COL_RED}"
-            return 1
-        fi
+    # If neither apt-get or yum/dnf package managers were found
    else
        # we cannot install the dependency package
        printf "  %b No supported package manager found\\n" "${CROSS}"
@@ -1497,15 +1417,6 @@ installCron() {
    # Randomize update checker time
    sed -i "s/59 17/$((1 + RANDOM % 58)) $((12 + RANDOM % 8))/" /etc/cron.d/pihole
    printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
-
-    # Switch off of busybox cron on alpine
-    if is_command openrc; then
-        printf "  %b Switching from busybox crond to cronie...\\n" "${INFO}"
-        stop_service crond
-        disable_service crond
-        enable_service cronie
-        restart_service cronie
-    fi
 }

 # Gravity is a very important script as it aggregates all of the domains into a single HOSTS formatted list,
@@ -1555,7 +1466,7 @@ create_pihole_user() {
            # then create and add her to the pihole group
            local str="Creating user 'pihole'"
            printf "%b  %b %s..." "${OVER}" "${INFO}" "${str}"
-            if useradd -r --no-user-group -g pihole -s "$(command -v nologin)" pihole; then
+            if useradd -r --no-user-group -g pihole -s /usr/sbin/nologin pihole; then
                printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
            else
                printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
@@ -1570,7 +1481,7 @@ create_pihole_user() {
                # create and add pihole user to the pihole group
                local str="Creating user 'pihole'"
                printf "%b  %b %s..." "${OVER}" "${INFO}" "${str}"
-                if useradd -r --no-user-group -g pihole -s "$(command -v nologin)" pihole; then
+                if useradd -r --no-user-group -g pihole -s /usr/sbin/nologin pihole; then
                    printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
                else
                    printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
@@ -1722,9 +1633,9 @@ check_download_exists() {
    status=$(curl --head --silent "https://ftl.pi-hole.net/${1}" | head -n 1)

    # Check the status code
-    if grep -q "200" <<<"${status}"; then
+    if grep -q "200" <<<"$status"; then
        return 0
-    elif grep -q "404" <<<"${status}"; then
+    elif grep -q "404" <<<"$status"; then
        return 1
    fi

@@ -1757,7 +1668,7 @@ get_available_branches() {
    # Get reachable remote branches, but store STDERR as STDOUT variable
    output=$({ git ls-remote --heads --quiet | cut -d'/' -f3- -; } 2>&1)
    # echo status for calling function to capture
-    echo "${output}"
+    echo "$output"
    return
 }

@@ -1790,9 +1701,9 @@ checkout_pull_branch() {
    oldbranch="$(git symbolic-ref HEAD)"

    str="Switching to branch: '${branch}' from '${oldbranch}'"
-    printf "  %b %s" "${INFO}" "${str}"
+    printf "  %b %s" "${INFO}" "$str"
    git checkout "${branch}" --quiet || return 1
-    printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
+    printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "$str"
    # Data in the repositories is public anyway so we can make it readable by everyone (+r to keep executable permission if already set by git)
    chmod -R a+rX "${directory}"

@@ -1880,12 +1791,8 @@ FTLinstall() {
            # Before stopping FTL, we download the macvendor database
            curl -sSL "https://ftl.pi-hole.net/macvendor.db" -o "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/macvendor.db" || true

-
-            # If the binary already exists in /usr/bin, then we need to stop the service
-            # If the binary does not exist (fresh installs), then we can skip this step.
-            if [[ -f /usr/bin/pihole-FTL ]]; then
-                stop_service pihole-FTL >/dev/null
-            fi
+            # Stop pihole-FTL service if available
+            stop_service pihole-FTL >/dev/null

            # Install the new version with the correct permissions
            install -T -m 0755 "${binary}" /usr/bin/pihole-FTL
@@ -1999,7 +1906,7 @@ get_binary_name() {
        l_binary="pihole-FTL-riscv64"
    else
        # Something else - we try to use 32bit executable and warn the user
-        if [[ "${machine}" != "i686" ]]; then
+        if [[ ! "${machine}" == "i686" ]]; then
            printf "%b  %b %s...\\n" "${OVER}" "${CROSS}" "${str}"
            printf "  %b %bNot able to detect architecture (unknown: %s), trying x86 (32bit) executable%b\\n" "${INFO}" "${COL_RED}" "${machine}" "${COL_NC}"
            printf "  %b Contact Pi-hole Support if you experience issues (e.g: FTL not running)\\n" "${INFO}"
@@ -2033,14 +1940,14 @@ FTLcheckUpdate() {
    local remoteSha1
    local localSha1

-    if [[ "${ftlBranch}" != "master" ]]; then
+    if [[ ! "${ftlBranch}" == "master" ]]; then
        # This is not the master branch
        local path
        path="${ftlBranch}/${binary}"

        # Check whether or not the binary for this FTL branch actually exists. If not, then there is no update!
        local status
-        if ! check_download_exists "${path}"; then
+        if ! check_download_exists "$path"; then
            status=$?
            if [ "${status}" -eq 1 ]; then
                printf "  %b Branch \"%s\" is not available.\\n" "${INFO}" "${ftlBranch}"
@@ -2143,11 +2050,11 @@ make_temporary_log() {
    TEMPLOG=$(mktemp /tmp/pihole_temp.XXXXXX)
    # Open handle 3 for templog
    # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18460186/writing-outputs-to-log-file-and-console
-    exec 3>"${TEMPLOG}"
+    exec 3>"$TEMPLOG"
    # Delete templog, but allow for addressing via file handle
    # This lets us write to the log without having a temporary file on the drive, which
    # is meant to be a security measure so there is not a lingering file on the drive during the install process
-    rm "${TEMPLOG}"
+    rm "$TEMPLOG"
 }

 copy_to_install_log() {
@@ -2437,7 +2344,7 @@ main() {
        if [ -n "${PIHOLE_DNS_1}" ]; then
            local string="\"${PIHOLE_DNS_1}\""
            [ -n "${PIHOLE_DNS_2}" ] && string+=", \"${PIHOLE_DNS_2}\""
-            setFTLConfigValue "dns.upstreams" "[ ${string} ]"
+            setFTLConfigValue "dns.upstreams" "[ $string ]"
        fi

        if [ -n "${QUERY_LOGGING}" ]; then
@@ -2488,7 +2395,7 @@ main() {
 \\n\\nIPv4:	${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}\
 \\nIPv6:	${IPV6_ADDRESS:-"Not Configured"}\
 \\nIf you have not done so already, the above IP should be set to static.\
-\\nView the web interface at http://pi.hole:${WEBPORT}/admin or http://${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}:${WEBPORT}/admin\\n\\nYour Admin Webpage login password is ${pw}\
+\\nView the web interface at http://pi.hole/admin:${WEBPORT} or http://${IPV4_ADDRESS%/*}:${WEBPORT}/admin\\n\\nYour Admin Webpage login password is ${pw}\
 \\n
 \\n
 \\nTo allow your user to use all CLI functions without authentication,\
--- a/install/uninstall.sh
+++ b/install/uninstall.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 source "/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
 # shellcheck source="./advanced/Scripts/utils.sh"
 source "/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
-# getFTLConfigValue() from utils.sh
+
+ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
+readonly ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR

 while true; do
    read -rp "  ${QST} Are you sure you would like to remove ${COL_BOLD}Pi-hole${COL_NC}? [y/N] " answer
@@ -27,179 +29,125 @@ str="Root user check"
 if [[ ${EUID} -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo -e "  ${TICK} ${str}"
 else
-    echo -e "  ${CROSS} ${str}
-        Script called with non-root privileges
-        The Pi-hole requires elevated privileges to uninstall"
-    exit 1
+    # Check if sudo is actually installed
+    # If it isn't, exit because the uninstall can not complete
+    if [ -x "$(command -v sudo)" ]; then
+        export SUDO="sudo"
+    else
+        echo -e "  ${CROSS} ${str}
+            Script called with non-root privileges
+            The Pi-hole requires elevated privileges to uninstall"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 fi

-# Get paths for admin interface, log files and database files,
-# to allow deletion where user has specified a non-default location
-ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR=$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webroot")$(getFTLConfigValue "webserver.paths.webhome")
-FTL_LOG=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.log.ftl")
-DNSMASQ_LOG=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.log.dnsmasq")
-WEBSERVER_LOG=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.log.webserver")
-PIHOLE_DB=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.database")
-GRAVITY_DB=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.gravity")
-MACVENDOR_DB=$(getFTLConfigValue "files.macvendor")
-
-PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO="/etc/.pihole"
-# Setting SKIP_INSTALL="true" to source the installer functions without running them
+readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
 SKIP_INSTALL="true"
 # shellcheck source="./automated install/basic-install.sh"
-source "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
-# Functions and Variables sources from basic-install:
-# package_manager_detect(), disable_service(), stop_service(),
-# restart service() and is_command()
-# PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO
+source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
+
+# package_manager_detect() sourced from basic-install.sh
+package_manager_detect
+

 removeMetaPackage() {
    # Purge Pi-hole meta package
    echo ""
    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing Pi-hole meta package...";
-    eval "${PKG_REMOVE}" "pihole-meta" &> /dev/null;
+    eval "${SUDO}" "${PKG_REMOVE}" "pihole-meta" &> /dev/null;
    echo -e "${OVER}  ${INFO} Removed Pi-hole meta package";
+
 }

-removeWebInterface() {
+removePiholeFiles() {
    # Remove the web interface of Pi-hole
    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing Web Interface..."
-    rm -rf "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR:-/var/www/html/admin/}" &> /dev/null
+    ${SUDO} rm -rf "${ADMIN_INTERFACE_DIR}" &> /dev/null
    echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Removed Web Interface"
-}

-removeFTL() {
-    # Remove FTL and stop any running FTL service
-    if is_command "pihole-FTL"; then
-        # service stop & disable from basic_install.sh
-        stop_service pihole-FTL
-        disable_service pihole-FTL
-
-        echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing pihole-FTL..."
-        rm -f /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service &> /dev/null
-        if [[ -d '/etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d' ]]; then
-            read -rp "  ${QST} FTL service override directory /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d detected. Do you wish to remove this from your system? [y/N] " answer
-            case $answer in
-                [yY]*)
-                    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d..."
-                    rm -R /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d &> /dev/null
-                    echo -e "${OVER}  ${INFO} Removed /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d"
-                ;;
-                *) echo -e "  ${INFO} Leaving /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d in place.";;
-            esac
-        fi
-        rm -f /etc/init.d/pihole-FTL &> /dev/null
-        rm -f /usr/bin/pihole-FTL &> /dev/null
-        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Removed pihole-FTL"
-
-        # Force systemd reload after service files are removed
-        if is_command "systemctl"; then
-            echo -ne "  ${INFO} Restarting systemd..."
-            systemctl daemon-reload
-            echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Restarted systemd..."
-        fi
-    fi
-}
-
-removeCronFiles() {
    # Attempt to preserve backwards compatibility with older versions
    # to guarantee no additional changes were made to /etc/crontab after
    # the installation of pihole, /etc/crontab.pihole should be permanently
    # preserved.
    if [[ -f /etc/crontab.orig ]]; then
-        mv /etc/crontab /etc/crontab.pihole
-        mv /etc/crontab.orig /etc/crontab
-        restart_service cron
+        ${SUDO} mv /etc/crontab /etc/crontab.pihole
+        ${SUDO} mv /etc/crontab.orig /etc/crontab
+        ${SUDO} service cron restart
        echo -e "  ${TICK} Restored the default system cron"
-        echo -e "  ${INFO} A backup of the most recent crontab is saved at /etc/crontab.pihole"
    fi

    # Attempt to preserve backwards compatibility with older versions
    if [[ -f /etc/cron.d/pihole ]];then
-        rm -f /etc/cron.d/pihole &> /dev/null
+        ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/cron.d/pihole &> /dev/null
        echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed /etc/cron.d/pihole"
    fi
-}
-
-removePiholeFiles() {
-    # Remove databases (including user specified non-default paths)
-    rm -f "${PIHOLE_DB:-/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db}" &> /dev/null
-    rm -f "${GRAVITY_DB:-/etc/pihole/gravity.db}" &> /dev/null
-    rm -f "${MACVENDOR_DB:-/etc/pihole/macvendor.db}" &> /dev/null
-
-    # Remove pihole config, repo and local files
-    rm -rf "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR:-/etc/pihole}" &> /dev/null
-    rm -rf "${PI_HOLE_LOCAL_REPO:-/etc/.pihole}" &> /dev/null
-    rm -rf "${PI_HOLE_INSTALL_DIR:-/opt/pihole}" &> /dev/null
-
-    # Remove log files (including user specified non-default paths)
-    # and rotated logs
-    # Explicitly escape spaces, in case of trailing space in path before wildcard
-    rm -f "$(printf '%q' "${FTL_LOG:-/var/log/pihole/FTL.log}")*" &> /dev/null
-    rm -f "$(printf '%q' "${DNSMASQ_LOG:-/var/log/pihole/pihole.log}")*" &> /dev/null
-    rm -f "$(printf '%q' "${WEBSERVER_LOG:-/var/log/pihole/webserver.log}")*" &> /dev/null
-
-    # remove any remnant log-files from old versions
-    rm -rf /var/log/*pihole* &> /dev/null
-
-    # remove log directory
-    rm -rf /var/log/pihole &> /dev/null
-
-    # remove the pihole command
-    rm -f /usr/local/bin/pihole &> /dev/null
-
-    # remove Pi-hole's bash completion
-    rm -f /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole &> /dev/null
-    rm -f /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole-FTL &> /dev/null
-
-    # Remove pihole from sudoers for compatibility with old versions
-    rm -f /etc/sudoers.d/pihole &> /dev/null

+    ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/*pihole* &> /dev/null
+    ${SUDO} rm -rf /var/log/pihole/*pihole* &> /dev/null
+    ${SUDO} rm -rf /etc/pihole/ &> /dev/null
+    ${SUDO} rm -rf /etc/.pihole/ &> /dev/null
+    ${SUDO} rm -rf /opt/pihole/ &> /dev/null
+    ${SUDO} rm -f /usr/local/bin/pihole &> /dev/null
+    ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/bash_completion.d/pihole &> /dev/null
+    ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/sudoers.d/pihole &> /dev/null
    echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed config files"
-}

-removeManPage() {
-    # If the pihole manpage exists, then delete
-    if [[ -f /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole.8 ]]; then
-        rm -f /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole-FTL.8 /usr/local/share/man/man5/pihole-FTL.conf.5
-        # Rebuild man-db if present
-        if is_command "mandb"; then
-            mandb -q &>/dev/null
+    # Restore Resolved
+    if [[ -e /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.orig ]] || [[ -e /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/90-pi-hole-disable-stub-listener.conf ]]; then
+        ${SUDO} cp -p /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.orig /etc/systemd/resolved.conf &> /dev/null || true
+        ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/90-pi-hole-disable-stub-listener.conf
+        systemctl reload-or-restart systemd-resolved
+    fi
+
+    # Remove FTL
+    if command -v pihole-FTL &> /dev/null; then
+        echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing pihole-FTL..."
+        if [[ -x "$(command -v systemctl)" ]]; then
+            systemctl stop pihole-FTL
+        else
+            service pihole-FTL stop
        fi
+        ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service
+        if [[ -d '/etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d' ]]; then
+            read -rp "  ${QST} FTL service override directory /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d detected. Do you wish to remove this from your system? [y/N] " answer
+            case $answer in
+                [yY]*)
+                    echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d..."
+                    ${SUDO} rm -R /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d
+                    echo -e "${OVER}  ${INFO} Removed /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d"
+                ;;
+                *) echo -e "  ${INFO} Leaving /etc/systemd/system/pihole-FTL.service.d in place.";;
+            esac
+        fi
+        ${SUDO} rm -f /etc/init.d/pihole-FTL
+        ${SUDO} rm -f /usr/bin/pihole-FTL
+        echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} Removed pihole-FTL"
+    fi
+
+    # If the pihole manpage exists, then delete and rebuild man-db
+    if [[ -f /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole.8 ]]; then
+        ${SUDO} rm -f /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole.8 /usr/local/share/man/man8/pihole-FTL.8 /usr/local/share/man/man5/pihole-FTL.conf.5
+        ${SUDO} mandb -q &>/dev/null
        echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed pihole man page"
    fi
-}

-removeUser() {
    # If the pihole user exists, then remove
    if id "pihole" &> /dev/null; then
-        if userdel -r pihole 2> /dev/null; then
+        if ${SUDO} userdel -r pihole 2> /dev/null; then
            echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed 'pihole' user"
        else
            echo -e "  ${CROSS} Unable to remove 'pihole' user"
        fi
    fi
-
    # If the pihole group exists, then remove
    if getent group "pihole" &> /dev/null; then
-        if groupdel pihole 2> /dev/null; then
+        if ${SUDO} groupdel pihole 2> /dev/null; then
            echo -e "  ${TICK} Removed 'pihole' group"
        else
            echo -e "  ${CROSS} Unable to remove 'pihole' group"
        fi
    fi
-}

-restoreResolved() {
-    # Restore Resolved from saved configuration, if present
-    if [[ -e /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.orig ]] || [[ -e /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/90-pi-hole-disable-stub-listener.conf ]]; then
-        cp -p /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.orig /etc/systemd/resolved.conf &> /dev/null || true
-        rm -f /etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/90-pi-hole-disable-stub-listener.conf &> /dev/null
-        systemctl reload-or-restart systemd-resolved
-    fi
-}
-
-completionMessage() {
    echo -e "\\n   We're sorry to see you go, but thanks for checking out Pi-hole!
       If you need help, reach out to us on GitHub, Discourse, Reddit or Twitter
       Reinstall at any time: ${COL_BOLD}curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash${COL_NC}
@@ -210,17 +158,5 @@ completionMessage() {
 }

 ######### SCRIPT ###########
-# The ordering here allows clean uninstallation with nothing
-# removed before anything that depends upon it.
-# eg removeFTL relies on scripts removed by removePiholeFiles
-# removeUser relies on commands removed by removeMetaPackage
-package_manager_detect
-removeWebInterface
-removeCronFiles
-restoreResolved
-removeManPage
-removeFTL
-removeUser
 removeMetaPackage
 removePiholeFiles
-completionMessage
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -118,12 +118,9 @@ gravity_swap_databases() {

  # Swap databases and remove or conditionally rename old database
  # Number of available blocks on disk
-  # Busybox Compat: `stat` long flags unsupported
-  #   -f flag is short form of --file-system.
-  #   -c flag is short form of --format.
-  availableBlocks=$(stat -f -c "%a" "${gravityDIR}")
+  availableBlocks=$(stat -f --format "%a" "${gravityDIR}")
  # Number of blocks, used by gravity.db
-  gravityBlocks=$(stat -c "%b" "${gravityDBfile}")
+  gravityBlocks=$(stat --format "%b" "${gravityDBfile}")
  # Only keep the old database if available disk space is at least twice the size of the existing gravity.db.
  # Better be safe than sorry...
  oldAvail=false
@@ -611,7 +608,7 @@ 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 curlJson httpCode curlErrorMsg="" curlExitCode="" success="" ip customUpstreamResolver=""
+  local listCurlBuffer str httpCode 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=()
@@ -755,14 +752,9 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
  fi

  if [[ "${download}" == true ]]; then
-    curlJson=$(curl --connect-timeout ${curl_connect_timeout} -s -L ${compression:+${compression}} ${customUpstreamResolver:+${customUpstreamResolver}} "${modifiedOptions[@]}" -w "%{json}" "${url}" -o "${listCurlBuffer}")
+    httpCode=$(curl --connect-timeout ${curl_connect_timeout} -s -L ${compression:+${compression}} ${customUpstreamResolver:+${customUpstreamResolver}} "${modifiedOptions[@]}" -w "%{http_code}" "${url}" -o "${listCurlBuffer}" 2>/dev/null)
  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 $url in
  # Did we "download" a local file?
  "file"*)
@@ -785,6 +777,7 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
      echo -e "${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} ${str} Time-out" ;;
@@ -793,7 +786,7 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
    "504") echo -e "${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} ${str} Failure (exit_code=${COL_RED}${curlExitCode}${COL_NC} Msg: ${COL_CYAN}${curlErrorMsg}${COL_NC})" ;;
+    *) echo -e "${OVER}  ${CROSS} ${str} ${url} (${httpCode})" ;;
    esac
    ;;
  esac
@@ -815,6 +808,10 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
      fix_owner_permissions "${saveLocation}"
      # Compare lists if they are identical
      compareLists "${adlistID}" "${saveLocation}"
+      # Set permissions for the *.etag file
+      if [[ -f "${saveLocation}.etag" ]]; then
+          fix_owner_permissions "${saveLocation}.etag"
+      fi
      # Add domains to database table file
      pihole-FTL "${gravity_type}" parseList "${saveLocation}" "${gravityTEMPfile}" "${adlistID}"
      done="true"
@@ -858,7 +855,7 @@ gravity_Table_Count() {
  fi
 }

-# Output count of denied and allowed domains and regex filters
+# Output count of blacklisted domains and regex filters
 gravity_ShowCount() {
  # Here we use the table "gravity" instead of the view "vw_gravity" for speed.
  # It's safe to replace it here, because right after a gravity run both will show the exactly same number of domains.
--- a/manpages/pihole.8
+++ b/manpages/pihole.8
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ Available commands and options:
    Flush the Pi-hole log
 .br

-\fB-r, repair\fR
+\fB-r, reconfigure\fR
 .br
-    Repair Pi-hole subsystems
+    Reconfigure or Repair Pi-hole subsystems
 .br

 \fB-t, tail\fR [arg]
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ Allow-/denylist manipulation

 \fBpihole --regex "ad.*\\.example\\.com$"\fR
 .br
-    Adds "ad.*\\.example\\.com$" to the regex denylist.
+    Adds "ad.*\\.example\\.com$" to the regex blacklist.
    Would block all subdomains of example.com which start with "ad"
 .br

@@ -317,10 +317,9 @@ Switching Pi-hole subsystem branches
    Switch to core development branch
 .br

-\fBpihole networkflush\fR
+\fBpihole arpflush\fR
 .br
-    Flush information stored in Pi-hole's network table
-    Add '--arp' to additionally flush the ARP table
+    Flush information stored in Pi-hole's network tables
 .br

 \fBpihole api stats/summary\fR
--- a/90
+++ b/90
@@ -96,18 +96,8 @@ flushFunc() {
  exit 0
 }

-# Deprecated function, should be removed in the future
-# use networkFlush instead
 arpFunc() {
-  shift
-  echo -e "  ${INFO} The 'arpflush' command is deprecated, use 'networkflush' instead"
-  "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}"/piholeNetworkFlush.sh "$@"
-  exit 0
-}
-
-networkFlush() {
-  shift
-  "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}"/piholeNetworkFlush.sh "$@"
+  "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}"/piholeARPTable.sh "$@"
  exit 0
 }

@@ -157,11 +147,10 @@ uninstallFunc() {

 versionFunc() {
  exec "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}"/version.sh
-  exit 0
 }

 reloadDNS() {
-  local svcOption svc str output status pid icon FTL_PID_FILE sigrtmin
+  local svcOption svc str output status pid icon FTL_PID_FILE
  svcOption="${1:-reload}"

  # get the current path to the pihole-FTL.pid
@@ -180,10 +169,7 @@ reloadDNS() {
      str="FTL is not running"
      icon="${INFO}"
    else
-      sigrtmin="$(pihole-FTL sigrtmin 2>/dev/null)"
-      # Make sure sigrtmin is a number, otherwise fallback to RTMIN
-      [[ "${sigrtmin}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || unset sigrtmin
-      svc="kill -${sigrtmin:-RTMIN} ${pid}"
+      svc="kill -RTMIN ${pid}"
      str="Reloading DNS lists"
      icon="${TICK}"
    fi
@@ -278,7 +264,6 @@ Time:
  LogoutAPI

  echo -e "${OVER}  ${TICK} ${str}"
-  exit 0
 }

 piholeLogging() {
@@ -534,8 +519,7 @@ Options:
  reloadlists         Update the lists WITHOUT flushing the cache or restarting the DNS server
  checkout            Switch Pi-hole subsystems to a different GitHub branch
                        Add '-h' for more info on checkout usage
-  networkflush        Flush information stored in Pi-hole's network tables
-                        Add '--arp' to additionally flush the ARP table ";
+  arpflush            Flush information stored in Pi-hole's network tables";
  exit 0
 }

@@ -544,7 +528,7 @@ if [[ $# = 0 ]]; then
 fi

 # functions that do not require sudo power
-need_root=
+need_root=1
 case "${1}" in
  "-h" | "help" | "--help"        ) helpFunc;;
  "-v" | "version"                ) versionFunc;;
@@ -552,32 +536,31 @@ case "${1}" in
  "-q" | "query"                  ) queryFunc "$@";;
  "status"                        ) statusFunc "$2";;
  "tricorder"                     ) tricorderFunc;;
-  "allow" | "allowlist"           ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "deny" | "denylist"             ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "--wild" | "wildcard"           ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "--regex" | "regex"             ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "--allow-regex" | "allow-regex" ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "--allow-wild" | "allow-wild"   ) listFunc "$@";;
-  "enable"                        ) piholeEnable true "$2";;
-  "disable"                       ) piholeEnable false "$2";;
-  "api"                           ) shift; apiFunc "$@"; exit 0;;

  # we need to add all arguments that require sudo power to not trigger the * argument
-  "-f" | "flush"                  ) need_root=true;;
-  "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) need_root=true;;
-  "-r"  | "repair"                ) need_root=true;;
-  "-l" | "logging"                ) need_root=true;;
-  "uninstall"                     ) need_root=true;;
-  "-d" | "debug"                  ) need_root=true;;
-  "-g" | "updateGravity"          ) need_root=true;;
-  "reloaddns"                     ) need_root=true;;
-  "reloadlists"                   ) need_root=true;;
-  "setpassword"                   ) need_root=true;;
-  "checkout"                      ) need_root=true;;
-  "updatechecker"                 ) need_root=true;;
-  "arpflush"                      ) need_root=true;; # Deprecated, use networkflush instead
-  "networkflush"                  ) need_root=true;;
-  "-t" | "tail"                   ) need_root=true;;
+  "allow" | "allowlist"           ) need_root=0;;
+  "deny" | "denylist"             ) need_root=0;;
+  "--wild" | "wildcard"           ) need_root=0;;
+  "--regex" | "regex"             ) need_root=0;;
+  "--allow-regex" | "allow-regex" ) need_root=0;;
+  "--allow-wild" | "allow-wild"   ) need_root=0;;
+  "-f" | "flush"                  ) ;;
+  "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) ;;
+  "-r"  | "repair"                ) ;;
+  "-l" | "logging"                ) ;;
+  "uninstall"                     ) ;;
+  "enable"                        ) need_root=0;;
+  "disable"                       ) need_root=0;;
+  "-d" | "debug"                  ) ;;
+  "-g" | "updateGravity"          ) need_root=0;;
+  "reloaddns"                     ) ;;
+  "reloadlists"                   ) ;;
+  "setpassword"                   ) ;;
+  "checkout"                      ) ;;
+  "updatechecker"                 ) ;;
+  "arpflush"                      ) ;;
+  "-t" | "tail"                   ) ;;
+  "api"                           ) need_root=0;;
  *                               ) helpFunc;;
 esac

@@ -589,15 +572,20 @@ fi

 # Check if the current user is not root and if the command
 # requires root. If so, exit with an error message.
-# Add an exception for the user "pihole" to allow the webserver running gravity
-if [[ ( $EUID -ne 0 && ${USER} != "pihole" ) && -n "${need_root}" ]]; then
-  echo -e "  ${CROSS} This Pi-hole command requires root privileges, try:"
+if [[ $EUID -ne 0 && need_root -eq 1 ]];then
+  echo -e "  ${CROSS} The Pi-hole command requires root privileges, try:"
  echo -e "      ${COL_GREEN}sudo pihole $*${COL_NC}"
  exit 1
 fi

 # Handle redirecting to specific functions based on arguments
 case "${1}" in
+  "allow" | "allowlist"           ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "deny" | "denylist"             ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "--wild" | "wildcard"           ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "--regex" | "regex"             ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "--allow-regex" | "allow-regex" ) listFunc "$@";;
+  "--allow-wild" | "allow-wild"   ) listFunc "$@";;
  "-d" | "debug"                  ) debugFunc "$@";;
  "-f" | "flush"                  ) flushFunc "$@";;
  "-up" | "updatePihole"          ) updatePiholeFunc "$@";;
@@ -605,13 +593,15 @@ case "${1}" in
  "-g" | "updateGravity"          ) updateGravityFunc "$@";;
  "-l" | "logging"                ) piholeLogging "$@";;
  "uninstall"                     ) uninstallFunc;;
+  "enable"                        ) piholeEnable true "$2";;
+  "disable"                       ) piholeEnable false "$2";;
  "reloaddns"                     ) reloadDNS "reload";;
  "reloadlists"                   ) reloadDNS "reload-lists";;
  "setpassword"                   ) SetWebPassword "$@";;
  "checkout"                      ) piholeCheckoutFunc "$@";;
  "updatechecker"                 ) shift; updateCheckFunc "$@";;
-  "arpflush"                      ) arpFunc "$@";; # Deprecated, use networkflush instead
-  "networkflush"                  ) networkFlush "$@";;
+  "arpflush"                      ) arpFunc "$@";;
  "-t" | "tail"                   ) tailFunc "$2";;
+  "api"                           ) shift; apiFunc "$@";;
  *                               ) helpFunc;;
 esac
--- a/test/_alpine_3_21.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/_alpine_3_21.Dockerfile
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-FROM alpine:3.21
-
-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 && \
--- a/test/_alpine_3_22.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/_alpine_3_22.Dockerfile
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-FROM alpine:3.22
-
-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 && \
--- a/test/_debian_13.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/_debian_13.Dockerfile
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-FROM buildpack-deps:trixie-scm
-
-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 && \
--- a/test/requirements.txt
+++ b/test/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-pyyaml == 6.0.3
-pytest == 8.4.2
+pyyaml == 6.0.2
+pytest == 8.4.1
 pytest-xdist == 3.8.0
 pytest-testinfra == 10.2.2
-tox == 4.31.0
+tox == 4.27.0
 pytest-clarity == 1.0.1
--- a/test/test_any_automated_install.py
+++ b/test/test_any_automated_install.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ def test_supported_package_manager(host):
    # break supported package managers
    host.run("rm -rf /usr/bin/apt-get")
    host.run("rm -rf /usr/bin/rpm")
-    host.run("rm -rf /sbin/apk")
    package_manager_detect = host.run(
        """
    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
@@ -78,21 +77,10 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
        },
        host,
    )
-    mock_command_2(
-        "rc-service",
-        {
-            "rc-service pihole-FTL enable": ("", "0"),
-            "rc-service pihole-FTL restart": ("", "0"),
-            "rc-service pihole-FTL start": ("", "0"),
-            "*": ('echo "rc-service call with $@"', "0"),
-        },
-        host,
-    )
    # try to install man
    host.run("command -v apt-get > /dev/null && apt-get install -qq man")
    host.run("command -v dnf > /dev/null && dnf install -y man")
    host.run("command -v yum > /dev/null && yum install -y man")
-    host.run("command -v apk > /dev/null && apk add mandoc man-pages")
    # Workaround to get FTLv6 installed until it reaches master branch
    host.run('echo "' + FTL_BRANCH + '" > /etc/pihole/ftlbranch')
    install = host.run(
@@ -115,7 +103,7 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(host):
        maninstalled = False
    piholeuser = "pihole"
    exit_status_success = 0
-    test_cmd = 'su -s /bin/bash -c "test -{0} {1}" -p {2}'
+    test_cmd = 'su --shell /bin/bash --command "test -{0} {1}" -p {2}'
    # check files in /etc/pihole for read, write and execute permission
    check_etc = test_cmd.format("r", "/etc/pihole", piholeuser)
    actual_rc = host.run(check_etc).rc
--- a/test/tox.alpine_3_21.ini
+++ b/test/tox.alpine_3_21.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_21.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
-           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py
--- a/test/tox.alpine_3_22.ini
+++ b/test/tox.alpine_3_22.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_22.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
-           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py
--- a/test/tox.debian_13.ini
+++ b/test/tox.debian_13.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 _debian_13.Dockerfile -t pytest_pihole:test_container ../
-           pytest {posargs:-vv -n auto} ./test_any_automated_install.py ./test_any_utils.py