taxonomy not updated when using workflow_fields

From what I can tell (haven't had time to test extensively), if you:
1. use workflow_fields to set permissions (hide/make read only) on a cck node
2. have taxonomy/categories enabled on that node
3. try to edit the terms on that node during a state where fields are hidden/read only

It will not update the terms. It appears to be the same issue as cited here:
http://drupal.org/node/114513

For a temporary fix I applied the updated patch from above to taxonomy.module and node.module, and then around line 238 of the workflow_fields.module I changed:

$node = node_load(array('nid' => $nid));
to:
$node = node_load(array('nid' => $nid), NULL, TRUE);

That seems to have resolved the issue, but is a rather clunky and unsustainable fix. I would be really interested if anyone had a better solution that didn't involve hacking core =)

Brian

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Brian Hiatt
Civic Pixel