Disable auto-update when write permissions aren't available

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almost forgot ;)

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:10:23 -0500
> Cody Precord <codyprecord@gmail.com> wrote:
>  
> > > Is there an easy way to disable the check-for-update feature in
> > > Editra?  I'd like for our users to always get their updates
> > > through the
> > > package manager.  
> >
> > There is an option in the preferences dialog to disable it.
> >
> > If that doesn't work for you what would be the best way to have an
> > option to disable it by (command line option?).  
>
> Command-line would work fine.  I'd like it to disable the option to
> auto-update altogether if possible.  The problem is users are seeing the
> new update dialog and unpacking the new tarball into the installation
> directory. This works of course, but then the files don't match the
> checksums the package manager has on record, which breaks things like
> verification and uninstalling.
>
> Maybe a solution would be to disable auto-update checking if the user
> doesn't have write permissions for the directory Editra is being run
> from.  I believe that's what Azureus does.  

I like this idea, I will try to get something in for the next release to
address this. Will probably also add a command line option to disable it as
well.

Could you please fill out a request in my bug tracker (editra.googlecode.com)
so that I don't forget to do this.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dirtyepic.sk on 9 Apr 2009 at 9:35

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Thanks for remembering (cause I already forgot).

Original comment by CodyPrec...@gmail.com on 9 Apr 2009 at 11:07

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Done

Original comment by CodyPrec...@gmail.com on 11 Apr 2009 at 7:50

• Changed state: Fixed