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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</form>
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<div class='path'>path: <a href='/guix/log/?id=1a3c5d25ac2f1df5f6196778e0df6ca6ed10c029&amp;showmsg=1'>root</a>/<a href='/guix/log/gnu?id=1a3c5d25ac2f1df5f6196778e0df6ca6ed10c029&amp;showmsg=1'>gnu</a>/<a href='/guix/log/gnu/home.scm?id=1a3c5d25ac2f1df5f6196778e0df6ca6ed10c029&amp;showmsg=1'>home.scm</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/gnu/home.scm?id=1a3c5d25ac2f1df5f6196778e0df6ca6ed10c029'>Collapse</a>)</th><th class='left'>Author</th></tr>
<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2024-03-22 11:40:33 +0100'>2024-03-22</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/home.scm?id=29de2edfbbed21ac016f73a45d399795fc2e4dfb'>system, home: Validate ‘services’ field value.</a></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
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This guides newcomers who might stick a single (service …) form
in this field.

* gnu/services.scm (validate-service-list): New macro.
(%validate-service-list): New procedure.
* gnu/system.scm (&lt;operating-system&gt;)[services]: Add ‘sanitize’.
* gnu/home.scm (&lt;home-environment&gt;)[services]: Add ‘sanitize’.

Change-Id: I9e29bd9a078e87b627ab766fd669ba9de79f8473


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2023-03-20 09:14:23 +0400'>2023-03-20</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/home.scm?id=1f36534c7e8f2325bff4df5d37ecc811dc63fc38'>home: 'home-environment-with-provenance' uses the HE location info.</a></td><td>Sergey Trofimov</td></tr>
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* gnu/home.scm (home-environment-with-provenance): Make `config-file`
optional, with the default taken from the HE location info.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Tropin &lt;andrew@trop.in&gt;


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2023-03-13 16:41:34 +0400'>2023-03-13</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/home.scm?id=377c8143e7cd5e3bf3e1e8d53ba443f91c88239c'>home: Export home-environment-packages.</a></td><td>Sergey Trofimov</td></tr>
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* gnu/home.scm (home-environment-packages): Export procedure.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Tropin &lt;andrew@trop.in&gt;


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