This patch is taken from Debian and modified slightly

Description: Phoning-home version checks should be disabled in Debian packages
Author: Sandro Knauß <bugs@ssandroknauss.de>
Origin: debian
Bug-debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=721341
Forwarded: not-needed
Last-Update: 2014-02-17
---
This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
--- a/src/libsync/configfile.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/configfile.cpp
@@ -522,11 +522,14 @@ bool ConfigFile::skipUpdateCheck(const Q
     if (connection.isEmpty())
         con = defaultConnection();
 
-    QVariant fallback = getValue(skipUpdateCheckC(), con, false);
+    QVariant fallback = getValue(skipUpdateCheckC(), con, true);
     fallback = getValue(skipUpdateCheckC(), QString(), fallback);
 
     QVariant value = getPolicySetting(skipUpdateCheckC(), fallback);
-    return value.toBool();
+    if ( !value.toBool() )
+        qDebug() << "Guix has disabled the UpdateCheck mechanism.";
+
+    return true;
 }
 
 void ConfigFile::setSkipUpdateCheck(bool skip, const QString &connection)
--- a/src/gui/generalsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/generalsettings.cpp
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ void GeneralSettings::loadMiscSettings()
 
 void GeneralSettings::slotUpdateInfo()
 {
+    /* Guix doesn't want an autoupdater
     if (ConfigFile().skipUpdateCheck() || !Updater::instance()) {
         // updater disabled on compile
         _ui->updaterWidget->setVisible(false);
@@ -174,6 +178,9 @@ void GeneralSettings::slotUpdateInfo()
     _ui->updateChannel->setCurrentIndex(ConfigFile().updateChannel() == "beta" ? 1 : 0);
     connect(_ui->updateChannel, static_cast<void (QComboBox::*)(int)>(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged),
         this, &GeneralSettings::slotUpdateChannelChanged, Qt::UniqueConnection);
+    */
+    //hide the update group box for Guix.
+    _ui->updaterWidget->setVisible(false);
 }
 
 void GeneralSettings::slotUpdateChannelChanged(int index)
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<tr><td><span title='2023-05-31 17:23:21 +0200'>2023-05-31</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/po/packages/sr.po?id=8e9e6a6482f3ba98d1cdcad344ee488e8751fee7'>nls: Update translations.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* doc/guix-cookbook.texi (Top): Mention Slovak.
</span></span></td><td>Florian Pelz</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2023-03-07 21:14:57 +0100'>2023-03-07</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/po/packages/sr.po?id=d333958763b0840c4cd895601b079b68358a6a46'>nls: Update translations.</a></td><td>Julien Lepiller</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2022-12-04 22:25:23 +0100'>2022-12-04</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/po/packages/sr.po?id=2e75b328b6bbdadbffe5b643a4891b5026a0defd'>nls: Update translations.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>po/packages/vi.po: New file.
po/packages/LINGUAS: Add it.
</span></span></td><td>Julien Lepiller</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2022-11-04 10:56:38 +0100'>2022-11-04</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/po/packages/sr.po?id=a65ce9dd500460af4f97e7398fb35dd817f4c677'>nls: Update translations.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* po/guix/lt.po: New file.
* po/guix/LINGUAS: Add lt.
</span></span></td><td>Julien Lepiller</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2022-10-06 08:20:20 +0200'>2022-10-06</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/po/packages/sr.po?id=70fc8f6d619ce9f16a8cc0bbb10a011bd3a9997a'>nls: Update translations.</a></td><td>Julien Lepiller</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2022-09-04 16:52:02 +0200'>2022-09-04</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/po/packages/sr.po?id=77e3042aef6d8e519d016555464e466399318b4f'>nls: Update translations.</a></td><td>Julien Lepiller</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2022-08-10 23:32:24 +0200'>2022-08-10</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/po/packages/sr.po?id=aacbe59fbceb8a93ecb68fed8581dfdd70dafc11'>nls: Update translations.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>po/guix/bn.po: New file.
po/guix/LINGUAS: Add it.
</span></span></td><td>Julien Lepiller</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2022-07-09 21:49:34 +0200'>2022-07-09</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/po/packages/sr.po?id=e0d47d8facafb6d6c04741bbf30eefbc68aaefb9'>nls: Update translations.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>po/guix/tr.po: New file.
po/guix/LINGUAS: Add it.
</span></span></td><td>Julien Lepiller</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2022-06-04 17:42:54 +0200'>2022-06-04</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/po/packages/sr.po?id=809c57c872a6dd48007d1abf6d7f3dd1482ec53a'>nls: Update translations.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>po/packages/tr.po: New file.
po/packages/LINGUAS: Add it.
</span></span></td><td>Julien Lepiller</td></tr>