Package: ferm Version: 2.2-3 Greetings,
The ferm system allows the inclusion of other files, including those which might be outside of the /etc/ferm directory. When those files change and the user issues a 'reload', the ferm cache should be updated. This is not currently happening because the ferm cache system assumes that there is only a configuration change if a file in /etc/ferm has been changed, which is incomplete and incorrect. When a user issues a 'reload', the ferm system should regenerate the cache regardless of if it believes there are changes or not- the user asked for a reload and checking if files in /etc/ferm have changed is insufficient. A possible alternative might be to generate the output from ferm and compare it with the cache, but even in that case it's possible the user is issuing a reload because the *kernel* rules were changed and they wish for the ferm reload to correct the running kernel. In the end, if the user is asking for a reload, ferm should really just *do* it, anything else really isn't correct. Thanks! Stephen
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