[tbb-bugs] #16837 [Tor Browser]: Disable Firefox Hotfix updates
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#16837: Disable Firefox Hotfix updates
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Reporter: mikeperry | Owner: tbb-
Type: defect | team
Priority: normal | Status: new
Component: Tor Browser | Milestone:
Keywords: tbb-5.0-regression, tbb-pref, | Version:
TorBrowserTeam201508 | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
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I'm not sure exactly when this was added, but we should fix it soon, so
I'm tagging it as a regression.
The pref extensions.hotfix.id specifies the ID of a magic hotfix addon for
emergency Firefox releases that can be fixed with simple pref or addon-
based XPCOM changes. That is a nice property, except that the addon may
make assumptions about Firefox 38-ESR and its prefs that don't apply to
TBB. It's probably not safe for us to have Mozilla's hotfixes go to our
users for this reason.
Simply emptying the pref should disable the addon update pings.
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