[tor-commits] [meek/master] New way to disable updates in headless Firefox (63+).

[dcf at torproject.org]

commit 09754cb550795da768797d63dd57bc732f268c65
Author: David Fifield <david at bamsoftware.com>
Date:   Sun Aug 25 19:10:29 2019 -0600

    New way to disable updates in headless Firefox (63+).
    
    https://bugs.torproject.org/29611
    
    app.update.enabled doesn't exist anymore:
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420514
---
 webextension/firefox-user.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/webextension/firefox-user.js b/webextension/firefox-user.js
index fa13a9c..b6786c9 100644
--- a/webextension/firefox-user.js
+++ b/webextension/firefox-user.js
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ user_pref("toolkit.startup.max_resumed_crashes", -1);
 // Don't raise software update windows in this browser instance.
 // https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/14203
 user_pref("app.update.enabled", false);
+// Firefox 63 removed the app.update.enabled pref. Instead, set the update check
+// interval very high and otherwise neuter it as much as possible.
+// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1420514
+user_pref("app.update.interval", 999999999); // don't check for updates
+user_pref("app.update.auto", false); // if downloaded, don't automatically install
+user_pref("app.update.doorhanger", false); // don't show an update notice in the UI
 
 // Set a failsafe blackhole proxy of 127.0.0.1:9, to prevent network interaction
 // in case the user manages to open this profile with a normal browser UI (i.e.,