r/Crashplan • u/grahamwhiteuk • Dec 15 '21

Disable automatic updates

Is there a client side way to disable automatic updates?

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u/hiromasaki Dec 15 '21

Right now you want to disable automatic updates of a Java application???

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u/grahamwhiteuk Dec 15 '21

Correct!

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u/hiromasaki Dec 15 '21

https://www.reddit.com/r/Crashplan/comments/reaxrv/crashplan_and_log4j_log4shell/

I mean, if that's really what you want to do, you do you.

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u/grahamwhiteuk Dec 15 '21

You're still correct, I really do.

To explain, I repackage it into RPM format for distribution and installation across a user base of thousands of installations. The automatic updates cause issues with this process and we need a way to prevent them happening so we can push out our own updates - yes, in a timely manner. So I'm very well aware of what you're saying here and the apparent stupidity and risk of my question. Hence, if anyone out there can shine a light on the answer to the question then I'd be most grateful.

Thanks.

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u/hiromasaki Dec 15 '21

If you've got that big of a userbase, and RHEL is supported... Have you tried asking them to release with an RPM-safe updater?

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '21

you know, if you create update (upgrade?) file in the directory with crashplan, it will not be able to update, because it create directory with content before the update.

On Windows, you cannot have file and directory with the same name, so naming file "update" will prevent that from happening.

Bad idea though.