[HTTPS-Everywhere] Ruleset Changes Without Restart

[Yan Zhu]

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Not sure if I understand the question in this thread, but the rulesets
get reloaded when with a call to HTTPSRules.init(). We call this in a
couple places:

1. at startup
2. when the extensions.https_everywhere.enable_mixed_rulesets pref is
toggled
3. when security.mixed_content.block_active_content is toggled

So if you want to force-reload the rulesets in Firefox without
restarting, go to about:config and toggle one of those preferences twice.

- -Yan

On 01/28/2014 02:29 PM, Claudio Moretti wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Drake, Brian
> <brian at drakefamily.tk <mailto:brian at drakefamily.tk>> wrote:
> 
> I?m only using stable versions for now (but when I?m working on 
> rules, I do check the Atlas and/or Git for the latest rules).
> 
> I?m not sure whether I we?re talking about the same thing here. I 
> can enable or disable rulesets on the fly just fine, but changing 
> the rulesets themselves (that is, changing the XML files in the 
> HTTPSEverywhereUserRules folder, or deleting or adding such files) 
> requires a restart.
> 
> 
> Oh, sorry: I misunderstood. I believe the problem may lie in the
> fact that rules are loaded when the extension starts (?) so it's
> necessary to restart Firefox before the new/edited rules are
> recognized.
> 
> There is no obvious way around that; it may be possible to relaunch
> the extension loading procedure, but I have no idea if and how it
> can be done.
> 
> I believe there is a reason why it's not possible to load rules on
> the fly (which is what's causing your issue) but I'm not sure;
> maybe Peter or Yan?
> 
> P.S. I took a look at components/HTTPSEverywhere.js, it seems just
> a matter of having a trigger or (maybe better) a button that calls 
> HTTPSRules.init()
> 
> 
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Yan Zhu                           yan at eff.org
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