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Disable "A new version of Sublime Text is available, download now?" in Sublime 3 (stable channel)

#1

I am using Sublime on Linux, so I am using package manager to handle updates without manual reinstallation.

I installed Sublime as recommended in http://askubuntu.com/questions/172698/how-do-i-install-sublime-text-2-3 with:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text-installer

My user settings, after change recommended in [Solved] Disable "Update Available" pop up? are following:

{
“font_size”: 11,
“ignored_packages”:
[
“Vintage”
],
“tab_size”: 3,
“update_check”: false
}

Despite this on every Sublime Text start I am attacked by “A new version of Sublime Text is available, download now?”

How can I get rid of this obnoxious popup?

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#2

Is it fixable switching to Sublime 2?

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#3

Maybe it is possible to create some kind of firewall rule that will block access to https://www.sublimetext.com/ when the User-Agent header is sublime-version-check/3.0?

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#4

What would be the best (=simplest) way to block traffic based on user agent?

Note, I opened http://askubuntu.com/questions/773136/how-can-i-block-outgoing-network-traffic-based-on-useragent and http://askubuntu.com/questions/773139/disable-a-new-version-of-sublime-text-is-available-download-now-in-sublime-3

BTW, for now problem is gone as I applied update from ppa:webupd8team but I prefer to fix/workaround this bug before the next release.

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#5

I think setting this in the User Preferences should suffice:

"update_check": false

Anyway, the guys at WebUp8 are usually quick enough to roll out the update on the ppa. So, you’ll probably have that “obnoxious popup” for less than 24 hours (unless you don’t install updates to the OS often enough).

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#6

An issue re the update_check setting has been logged on the official ST3 bug tracker here: https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/1206

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#7

Hi.

Sorry for my English:

  1. Install ufw: sudo aptitude install ufw

  2. Execute: watch lsof -i

  3. search result something like:
    plugin_ho 11513 you_user 15u IPv4 339599 0t0 TCP you_pc:53862-> 209-20-75-76.slicehost.net:http

  4. Execute: sudo ufw out to 209.20.75.76

  5. now should not appear

Best Regards

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#8

@caracapedro
not working for me

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#9
  1. https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/1206#issuecomment-221630273
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#10

okay thanks

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