From: Jason Ish <jason.ish@oisf.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 18:28:18 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: misc: count number of rules that were actually modified
X-Git-Tag: 1.3.7~3
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=45db4f84d23aded9eaa9489af1c0ef544f70703f;p=thirdparty%2Fsuricata-update.git

misc: count number of rules that were actually modified

And not all that are just subject to modification.

Ticket: https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/7967
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diff --git a/suricata/update/main.py b/suricata/update/main.py
index f03611f..f036d1d 100644
--- a/suricata/update/main.py
+++ b/suricata/update/main.py
@@ -1304,8 +1304,10 @@ def _main():
 
         for fltr in modify_filters:
             if fltr.match(rule):
-                rule = fltr.run(rule)
-                modified = True
+                new_rule = fltr.run(rule)
+                if new_rule != rule:
+                    rule = new_rule
+                    modified = True
 
         if enabled:
             enable_count += 1