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On 2016-02-14 13:02, Cain Ungothep wrote:
>>>> For those who wish to update manually, is it sufficient to toggle
>>>> app.update.auto in about:config to false?
>>> 
>>> Seems so. You will still be prompted to update through the MAR 
>>> system,
>>> but it won't happen automatically.
>> 
>> Today I discovered that TBB 5.5.2 automatically downloaded. That 
>> hasn't
>> happened before. Normally I am prompted and manually download the tar
>> bundle with the signature file which I check with gpg --verify.
>> 
>> I'm confused as to why this time I received an automatic download. Any
>> thoughts?
> 
> Are you sure the preference was set? Maybe the tarball contents 
> overwrote the
> file where your custom preferences where stored?
> 
> If you can reproduce it then file a bug.

I have never set any such custom preferences. Usually TBB would notify 
me via a message in Firefox that a new version was available. This time 
I got a separate pop-up telling me that the latest version had already 
been downloaded.
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