Adblock 4 pre-releases

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Hi,
I don't want to pollute the current adblock support thread with discussions regarding adblock 4 pre-releases, therefore I've added a new topic for this ... :wink:

Update: official PRs for adblock 4.0.0 has been added, therefore I've removed the pre-releases from my github account.

Main changes:

  • Complete rewrite, this is no drop-in update (see update notices!)
  • new package dependencies: coreultis-sort and a download util with SSL support
  • focus on speed (multicore-support) to handle quite big lists
  • include 35 pre-configured blocklist sources in a compressed json file (/etc/adblock/adblock.sources.gz)
  • SafeSearch support for google, bing, duckduckgo, yandex, youtube and pixabay
  • DNS backend autodetection
  • Download Utility autodetection
  • Report Interface autodetection
  • Easy cron wrapper to set an adblock related auto-timer
  • raw list support (e.g. for dnscrypt support)
  • Complete LuCI rewrite (migrated to client side JS), see screenshots in the second post
  • much more ...

Update notices:

  • only compatible with master and 19.07.x
  • please stop adblock 3.8.x: /etc/init.d/adblock stop
  • check /etc/config/dhcp and remove any 'serversfile' entries
  • download & install the pre-releases from above github link: opkg install <...>
  • have fun! :wink:

Current status:

  • tested with 19.07 and with latest master
  • tested with dnsmasq, kresd, bind and unbound in my production environment
  • raw mode has been tested successfully by users
  • docs are updated
  • no more bugs! :wink:

It would be great if you could test this pre-release as well - thanks!

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Some LuCI screenshots:

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Will try this build during the week fully.

I did try it earlier however it was crashing dnsmasq big time, in such a way that even dhcp wasn't working after nor internet so reverted back to the current adblock again.

I will test again and will make sure i get a log.
However from what i saw and used, it was really nice to see adblock come a far long way from the 3.8 branch.

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Thanks for testing!
Please always start with the default config and go from there (ideally with enabled debug flag).
Anyway, in pre0 I've forgot to expose the 'adb_tmpbase' directory option to LuCI. This base temp directory (default points to /tmp) is used by adblock for all runtime operation like downloading, sorting, merging etc. ... if you run in OOM conditions it's worth a try to change this directory option.

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Thanks for this looks like a cool update. Will you be adding more lists like PiHole? https://firebog.net/
The list i am interested in is https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/SmartTV.txt

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Have issue when install. Testing on master build myself.

root@AG300H:/tmp# ls *.ipk
adblock_3.99pre0-1_all.ipk
luci-app-adblock_git-20.066.64757-78ec13b-1_all.ipk
root@AG300H:/tmp# opkg install adblock_3.99pre0-1_all.ipk
Collected errors:
 * pkg_init_from_file: Malformed package file adblock_3.99pre0-1_all.ipk.
root@AG300H:/tmp# opkg install luci-app-adblock_git-20.066.64757-78ec13b-1_all.ipk
Collected errors:
 * pkg_init_from_file: Malformed package file luci-app-adblock_git-20.066.64757-78ec13b-1_all.ipk.

BUILD_ID="r12470-dfb7a4ce5d"
OPENWRT_BOARD="ath79/generic"
OPENWRT_ARCH="mips_24kc"
OPENWRT_TAINTS="no-all no-ipv6"
OPENWRT_DEVICE_MANUFACTURER="OpenWrt"
OPENWRT_DEVICE_MANUFACTURER_URL="https://openwrt.org/"
OPENWRT_DEVICE_PRODUCT="Generic"
OPENWRT_DEVICE_REVISION="v0"
OPENWRT_RELEASE="OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r12470-dfb7a4ce5d"
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Maybe you've downloaded corrupted files!? Please re-download and check the sha256sum:

expected sha256sum of 3.99pre0:
adblock: a0e6354fa4be3f7fa0fd41482d5bc8960588cd4230a9a5d45cf3d0035a2a362b
luci-app-adblock: 195dcbb03b77d422358bde72bd38a42d6e016afecc9366067f3376602389c224
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No problem, I'll add the list with the next pre-release

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Hi,

Collected errors:
 * pkg_init_from_file: Malformed package file adblock_3.99pre0-1_all.ipk.

I got this when I did a wget straight to my openwrt router. Download to a USB stick and install from there. That works fine. the githib link does not point to the raw file.

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try using this script i made

#!/bin/sh
/etc/init.d/adblock stop
opkg remove luci-app-adblock
opkg remove adblock
rm /etc/config/adblock
wget https://github.com/dibdot/adblock4/raw/master/3.99pre0/adblock_3.99pre0-1_all.ipk
wget https://github.com/dibdot/adblock4/raw/master/3.99pre0/luci-app-adblock_git-20.066.64757-78ec13b-1_all.ipk
opkg update
opkg install coreutils
opkg install coreutils-sort
opkg install adblock_3.99pre0-1_all.ipk
opkg install luci-app-adblock_git-20.066.64757-78ec13b-1_all.ipk

Place that in a .sh file and then chmod +x .sh then run ./.sh
it will then do everything for you.

@dibdot I have a funny feeling people was simply wget'ing the file links directly from github without using the raw link using the script above solves this.

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@solidus1983 many thanks, I'll add direct download links to the first post!
Meanwhile I've pushed 3.99pre1 to my github account with the following changes:

  • add 'smarttv' source
  • add 'Base Temp Directory' option
  • minor visual LuCI tweaks
  • fix some minor backend issues
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you mean i have to change my script again lol.

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Thanks dibdot :+1::clap:

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Have "xhr request time out" "xhr request aborted by browser" error sometimes, this error appears in both firefox and chrome browser.

xhrtimeout
xhrtimeout1421×323 55.3 KB

I want to have the option to add blocklist myself as in the previous version ?

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Thanks, I was waiting for this! :slightly_smiling_face:

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Isn't there a file /etc/adblock/blacklist.blocklist anymore?

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More context please ... when does this happen exactly? Mobile or desktop browser?

Just gunzip /etc/adblock/adblock.sources.gz, change/add a json source object and gzip the file finally. It's just not documented yet ...

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The problem is related to ublock-origin browser addon, when I'm turn it off the error doesn't appear anymore.

Thanks for hard work. :slight_smile:

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can this be used 19.07.x stable

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Yes, it's compatible with both master and 19.07