From eedb8082808c18eb3164c278ff0eafd358c3598f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Thorn <alt36@cam.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:01:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Disable autoupdate in thunderbird
---
thunderbird.xml | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/thunderbird.xml b/thunderbird.xml
index 7dda1bb3..e24eede6 100755
--- a/thunderbird.xml
+++ b/thunderbird.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<packages>
-<package id="thunderbird" name="Mozilla Thunderbird" revision="%version%.1" reboot="false" priority="0">
+<package id="thunderbird" name="Mozilla Thunderbird" revision="%version%.2" reboot="false" priority="0">
<!-- NB: we've had problems with major version bumps which sometimes change the format of options
we add in chemistry-prefs.js. Thus, we tie that to a version, and please test carefully when
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
<install cmd='cmd /c copy "%software%\thunderbird\chemistry-prefs.js-%prefsversion%" "%programfileswpkg%\mozilla thunderbird\defaults\pref\chemistry-prefs.js" '/>
<install cmd='cmd /c copy "%software%\thunderbird\cam.ac.uk.xml" "%programfileswpkg%\mozilla thunderbird\isp\cam.ac.uk.xml" '/>
<install cmd='%software%\wpkg\tools\copydir.cmd "%software%\thunderbird\dictionaries" "%programfileswpkg%\mozilla thunderbird\dictionaries"' />
+ <install cmd='reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird /t reg_dword /v DisableAppUpdate /d 1 /f'/>
<!-- although an in-place upgrade works, Thunderbird then insists on a reboot
the next time one tries to start Thunderbird -->
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
<remove cmd='cmd /c %software%\wpkg\tools\waitforprocess.cmd Au_.exe' />
<remove cmd='"%programfileswpkg%\Mozilla Thunderbird\uninstall\helper.exe" /S' />
<remove cmd='cmd /c %software%\wpkg\tools\waitforprocess.cmd Au_.exe' />
+ <remove cmd='reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Thunderbird /v DisableAppUpdate /f'/>
</package>
</packages>
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