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App.update.channel

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is app.update.channel.

This article describes the preference app.update.channel. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

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Background

This preference determines what types of builds auto-updates will look for.

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Possible values and their effects

(The type of build you originally downloaded determines the default value of this pref.)

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release

All final releases.

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esr

Special release channel for extended support releases.

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beta

Betas / release candidates (up to Gecko 2.0 also final releases).

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aurora

Pre-beta

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nightly

All nightly builds.

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default

No updates.

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Caveats

  • This preference can only be changed by editing channel-prefs.js in the application directory.
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First checked in

2005-08-24 by Darin Fisher

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Has an effect in

  • Firefox (all versions since 1.5)
  • Thunderbird (all versions since 1.5)
  • SeaMonkey (all versions since 2.0)
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Related bugs

Retrieved from "http://kb.mozillazine.org/App.update.channel"