This patch is taken from Debian and modified slightly Description: Phoning-home version checks should be disabled in Debian packages Author: Sandro Knauß <bugs@ssandroknauss.de> Origin: debian Bug-debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=721341 Forwarded: not-needed Last-Update: 2014-02-17 --- This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ --- a/src/libsync/configfile.cpp +++ b/src/libsync/configfile.cpp @@ -417,11 +417,14 @@ bool ConfigFile::skipUpdateCheck( const QString con( connection ); if( connection.isEmpty() ) con = defaultConnection(); - QVariant fallback = getValue(QLatin1String(skipUpdateCheckC), con, false); + QVariant fallback = getValue(QLatin1String(skipUpdateCheckC), con, true); fallback = getValue(QLatin1String(skipUpdateCheckC), QString(), fallback); QVariant value = getPolicySetting(QLatin1String(skipUpdateCheckC), fallback); - return value.toBool(); + if ( !value.toBool() ) + qDebug() << "Guix has disabled the UpdateCheck mechanism."; + + return true; } void ConfigFile::setSkipUpdateCheck( bool skip, const QString& connection ) --- a/src/gui/generalsettings.cpp +++ b/src/gui/generalsettings.cpp @@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ void GeneralSettings::loadMiscSettings() void GeneralSettings::slotUpdateInfo() { + /* Guix doesn't want an autoupdater // Note: the sparkle-updater is not an OCUpdater OCUpdater *updater = qobject_cast<OCUpdater*>(Updater::instance()); if (ConfigFile().skipUpdateCheck()) { @@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ void GeneralSettings::slotUpdateInfo() // can't have those infos from sparkle currently _ui->updatesGroupBox->setVisible(false); } + */ + //hide the update group box for Guix. + _ui->updatesGroupBox->setVisible(false); } void GeneralSettings::saveMiscSettings()