diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
index 1db713a7b..8c086c99e 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Chains.pm
@@ -1353,7 +1353,17 @@ sub get_interface_nets ( $ ) {
 #
 sub expand_rule( $$$$$$$$$$ )
 {
-    my ($chainref , $restriction, $rule, $source, $dest, $origdest, $target, $loglevel , $disposition, $exceptionrule ) = @_;
+    my ($chainref ,    # Chain 
+	$restriction,  # Determines what to do with interface names in the SOURCE or DEST
+	$rule,         # Caller's matches that don't depend on the SOURCE, DEST and ORIGINAL DEST 
+	$source,       # SOURCE 
+	$dest,         # DEST 
+	$origdest,     # ORIGINAL DEST 
+	$target,       # Target ('-j' part of the rule) 
+	$loglevel ,    # Log level (and tag) 
+	$disposition,  # Primative part of the target (RETURN, ACCEPT, ...) 
+	$exceptionrule # Caller's matches used in exclusion case
+       ) = @_;
     my ($iiface, $diface, $inets, $dnets, $iexcl, $dexcl, $onets , $oexcl );
     my $chain = $chainref->{name};
     #
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
index c23691b92..a844e95bb 100644
--- a/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/Shorewall/Config.pm
@@ -1150,17 +1150,22 @@ sub propagateconfig() {
 }
 
 #
-# Add a shell script file to the output script
+# Add a shell script file to the output script -- Return true if the
+# file exists and is not in /usr/share/shorewall/.
 #
 sub append_file( $ ) {
     my $user_exit = find_file $_[0];
+    my $result = 0;
 
     unless ( $user_exit =~ /$globals{SHAREDIR}/ ) {
 	if ( -f $user_exit ) {
+	    $result = 1;
 	    save_progress_message "Processing $user_exit ...";
 	    copy1 $user_exit;
 	}
     }
+
+    $result;
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/Shorewall-perl/compiler.pl b/Shorewall-perl/compiler.pl
index ae333390f..d975377c1 100755
--- a/Shorewall-perl/compiler.pl
+++ b/Shorewall-perl/compiler.pl
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ sub generate_script_1() {
     for my $exit qw/init start tcclear started stop stopped clear/ {
 	emit "run_${exit}_exit() {";
 	push_indent;
-	append_file $exit;
-	emit 'true';
+	append_file $exit or emit 'true';
 	pop_indent;
 	emit "}\n";
     }