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dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> writes:

> Op 29-04-2026 om 04:36 schreef The Real Bev:
>> On 4/28/26 14:21, Dave Royal wrote:
>>> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> Wrote in message:
>>>
>>>> On 4/28/26 02:14, Dave Royal wrote:
>>>>> The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> Wrote in message:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/25/26 10:26, Nobody wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:18:07 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Retirednoguilt wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've never had FF update me autonomously.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have it set for "Check for updates but let you choose to
>>>>>>>> install them"
>>>>>>>> and as best as I can remember, its never disobeyed ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Should a user (for whatever reason) 'uninstall/re-install' then that
>>>>>>> radio button changes to 'automatically install/recommended'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Semi-OT, Thunderbird conversely holds the 'check for updates but
>>>>>>> lemme
>>>>>>> do the work' setting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have had that setting for decades -- and still do.  Some years
>>>>>> ago it stopped working and some kind person posted the
>>>>>> policies.json fix -- which worked until today.  Posted herewith:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Make a new firefox/distribution/ subdirectory which will contain
>>>>>> the file policies.json which contains
>>>>>> {
>>>>>>    "policies": {
>>>>>>      "DisableAppUpdate": true
>>>>>>    }
>>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Did that 'kind person' provide a policies.json file for you to
>>>>>   download, or did you create one - on Linux?
>>>>
>>>> Someone posted about that file long ago, and the one I created with
>>>> pico worked for years.
>>>>> Just wondering how these Windows line endings - if that was the
>>>>>   problem - got there.
>>>> They appeared when Firefox chose to update itself against my express
>>>> wishes.  I suspect that Firefox did it of its own volition -- or
>>>> simple clumsiness.  Core dump complete.
>>>
>>> You /found/ them after the unwanted update. Were they responsible
>>>   for it? I doubt it: line endings - of either type - are ignored
>>>   in a json file.
>> 
>> The windows endings damaged the file such that it no longer served the
>> purpose.  Fixing it worked.
>> 
>
> Firefox doesn't care about line endings.
>
> Just for the sake of it I tested it for you, I created a policies.json
> which blocks about:config and tested it with both CRLF (windows) and LF
> (unix) line endings.
>
> The result are the same for both, it works:
> Blocked Page, Firefox can’t connect to the server at about:config
>
> ^M is not a corruption, this is how cat -A shows CR, your AI needs an
> update.

Surely that was the point, there isn't supposed to be a CR in the linux
file.

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  Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-04-25 13:12 -0400
    Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-25 18:18 +0100
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                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-28 19:36 -0700
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2026-04-29 15:45 +0200
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                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-29 15:21 +0100
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2026-04-29 17:26 +0200
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-29 19:41 -0700
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                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-29 17:00 +0100
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-02 05:41 +0000
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2026-04-29 18:11 +0200
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2026-04-29 20:20 +0100
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                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2026-04-30 05:48 +0200
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-04-30 14:23 +0100
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 20:16 -0700
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-03 21:47 +0000
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                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 09:17 -0700
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                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-05-02 21:15 +0200
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 12:53 -0700
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                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-27 11:28 -0700
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-04-27 16:01 -0400
                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-04-28 12:45 -0700
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                Re: Unwanted update to 150 just happened Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-04-28 01:14 +0000
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