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From: Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject: Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:40:41 +0200
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The Real Bev wrote:
> On 4/25/26 11:13, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>> In spite of the policies.json file which has worked before. Is there a 
>>> new method to stop updates, or are we just hosed?
>> 
>> I'd take a look at about:policies (under 149 or 150) and see what policy
>> it suggests.  Mozilla have changed this setting's name before and it
>> would not be a total shock if they changed it again.
> 
> 149 is gone.  150 says "The Enterprise Policies service is inactive."
> 
> policies.json is listed in the Documentation List and is exactly what I 
> have.
> 
> ============
> policies.json
> 
> {
>    "policies": {
>      "DisableAppUpdate": true | false
>    }
> }
> =============

If this is literally what you have as "policies.json" there's no wonder
it doesn't work. You've got to set *either* true *or* false.

> Is there perhaps a different location from firefox/distribution now?

All that doesn't matter if you installed Firefox as a regular packet in
a Linux system. In this case updates are managed by the system and not
by Firefox itself. So a "policies.json" file is obsolete.