Gas Mask 0.8.3 has begun screwing up my hosts file recently (past month or two).
Usually when I run EtreCheck it reports over 26k entries.
But recently it always shows 248 even after I've added more.
That's obviously waaaaay off from 26k.
I contacted EC's dev. and he installed the hosts file I use and got a normal reading of 26k+.
I've now spent over 3 hours dealing with this issue.
I found that when I delete the hosts file and replace it with one from a backup, EC correctly shows 26k+ files. And when I open GM then run EC it still reads 26k+ files.
BUT, when I use GM to switch to the original or a different hosts file for a second, EC then shows 248 entries again after I switch back.
I've gone over and over the file's permissions, path, & anything else I can think of.
And I've repeated the process of replacing the file and rechecking with EC many times.
Even though EC only reads 248 entries, the correct hosts file is being used because I can not access sites listed in it.
Could GM be tweaking the header or some other unseen part of the file?
Somethings happening and I need to figure out why.
Gas Mask 0.8.3 has begun screwing up my hosts file recently (past month or two).
Usually when I run EtreCheck it reports over 26k entries. But recently it always shows 248 even after I've added more. That's obviously waaaaay off from 26k.
I use the file from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts and add my own to it.
I contacted EC's dev. and he installed the hosts file I use and got a normal reading of 26k+.
I've now spent over 3 hours dealing with this issue. I found that when I delete the hosts file and replace it with one from a backup, EC correctly shows 26k+ files. And when I open GM then run EC it still reads 26k+ files. BUT, when I use GM to switch to the original or a different hosts file for a second, EC then shows 248 entries again after I switch back.
I've gone over and over the file's permissions, path, & anything else I can think of. And I've repeated the process of replacing the file and rechecking with EC many times.
Even though EC only reads 248 entries, the correct hosts file is being used because I can not access sites listed in it.
Could GM be tweaking the header or some other unseen part of the file? Somethings happening and I need to figure out why.
OS X 10.11.6