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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<div class='path'>path: <a href='/guix/log/?id=36c41daa3479ce67ad117c00db73b2bc2de15da1'>root</a>/<a href='/guix/log/tests?id=36c41daa3479ce67ad117c00db73b2bc2de15da1'>tests</a>/<a href='/guix/log/tests/guix-hash.sh?id=36c41daa3479ce67ad117c00db73b2bc2de15da1'>guix-hash.sh</a></div><div class='content'><table class='list nowrap'><tr class='nohover'><th class='left'>Age</th><th class='left'>Commit message (<a href='/guix/log/tests/guix-hash.sh?id=36c41daa3479ce67ad117c00db73b2bc2de15da1&amp;showmsg=1'>Expand</a>)</th><th class='left'>Author</th></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2016-10-28 22:30:17 +0200'>2016-10-28</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/guix-hash.sh?id=343dc11702bf71876795b5d158cad860deca53a1'>guix hash: Interpret '-' as standard input.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* guix/scripts/hash.scm (guix-hash)[file-hash]: Special-case "-".
* tests/guix-hash.sh: Add test.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix hash): Document it.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2016-09-07 12:00:35 +0200'>2016-09-07</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/tests/guix-hash.sh?id=392a4e122350367c4b4ac331db5ec28360c7f38c'>guix hash: Add --exclude-vcs option.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* guix/scripts/hash.scm (show-help): Add help text for --exclude-vcs option.
(%options): Add --exclude-vcs option.
(guix-hash): Handle exclude-vcs option.
* doc/guix.texi ("Invoking guix hash"): Update doc.
* tests/guix-hash.sh: Add test.

Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès &lt;ludo@gnu.org&gt;
</span></span></td><td>Jan Nieuwenhuizen</td></tr>