Yet another Firefox upgrade! (NOW in REPOS)

[Howard]

You could try changing the update channel in about:config

And where do we find that menotu?  I thought it must be in edit.preferences somewhere, but cannot find it.

Added later.  I did find the update checkbox in edit>preferences>advanced>update and uncheck it.  Perhaps that will do.

[YouCanToo]

You could try changing the update channel in about:config

And where do we find that menotu?  I thought it must be in edit.preferences somewhere, but cannot find it.

Added later.  I did find the update checkbox in edit>preferences>advanced>update and uncheck it.  Perhaps that will do.

Type it in the URL line.



Than click on the I'll be careful, I promise button and than in the filer area enter "app.update.channel"



Hope that helps you out.

[sling-shot]

The about:config setting for app.update.channel has been deprecated according to Mozilla.

Currently one needs to set it in the channel-prefs.js file under /default/pref subdirectory in the install path.

Currently on my system the install path to firefox channel-prefs.js is /usr/lib/firefox-7.0.1/defaults/pref/

[menotu]

The about:config setting for app.update.channel has been deprecated according to Mozilla.

Currently one needs to set it in the channel-prefs.js file under /default/pref subdirectory in the install path.

Currently on my system the install path to firefox channel-prefs.js is /usr/lib/firefox-7.0.1/defaults/pref/

Thanks for that sling-shot - very much appreciated.

So, are any about:config settings overridden by settings in prefs.js ?

[The Chief]

So, are any about:config settings overridden by settings in prefs.js ?

Actually, I believe that prefs.js is re-written (from about:config?) every time you exit Firefox.  I know that if you edit it while Firefox is open, you lose any edits when you close Firefox.  Been there, done that. 

[menotu]

So, are any about:config settings overridden by settings in prefs.js ?

Actually, I believe that prefs.js is re-written (from about:config?) every time you exit Firefox.  I know that if you edit it while Firefox is open, you lose any edits when you close Firefox.  Been there, done that. 

Okay thanks.

Lets say Firefox is closed.

I look in prefs.js and it has a setting along the lines of

don't-update-me-stupid-browser = true

I open Firefox, go to about:config and change it to

don't-update-me-stupid-browser = false

Will prefs.js now be changed?

Alternatively, if I change the setting inside prefs.js will that change the about:config entry?

[sling-shot]

channel-prefs.js contains only the following:

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//@line 2 "/builds/slave/rel-m-rel-lnx-bld/build/browser/app/profile/channel-prefs.js"
pref("app.update.channel", "release");
-SS.

[The Chief]

So, are any about:config settings overridden by settings in prefs.js ?

Actually, I believe that prefs.js is re-written (from about:config?) every time you exit Firefox.  I know that if you edit it while Firefox is open, you lose any edits when you close Firefox.  Been there, done that. 

Okay thanks.

Lets say Firefox is closed.

I look in prefs.js and it has a setting along the lines of

don't-update-me-stupid-browser = true

I open Firefox, go to about:config and change it to

don't-update-me-stupid-browser = false

Will prefs.js now be changed?

Only when you next exit Firefox - it is re-written as a part of the exit process.

Alternatively, if I change the setting inside prefs.js will that change the about:config entry?

Yes, it should. 

Firefox reads the file on launch, and uses anything it finds to set the appropriate preferences.  On exit, it writes any non-default current preferences back to the file.

At least that is the way I understand it.

[Howard]

Only four days later and there's even another upgrade in the repos: 7.0.1_2pclos!

[sling-shot]

This upgrade is possibly only to fix this problem. See the link below:
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,97770.0.html
-SS.