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| author | Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> | 2022-11-24 12:15:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com> | 2022-11-24 14:57:21 +0100 |
| commit | c84ffb6114ddb30f474cc87bbd6ad9b591173353 (patch) | |
| tree | 3335ab7c40ee20108fb8c93357c463a669cfc416 /extensions | |
| parent | 0a2abff1b0167ce2380e538562755da666c6753b (diff) | |
add some notes on how to debug online update from a dev version
Change-Id: I7b4547bfee4ff0bd3bbe7366b6294e925852ce65
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/143221
Tested-by: Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Caolán McNamara <caolanm@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'extensions')
| -rw-r--r-- | extensions/README.md | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | extensions/source/update/feed/updatefeed.cxx | 4 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/README.md b/extensions/README.md index 94cf2acbebd6..cc32c1f825cb 100644 --- a/extensions/README.md +++ b/extensions/README.md @@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ we have reached the time when we should ask for the update. If yes, asks for that, and shows the download button in the menu (if the new update is available). +The update server will decide if there is an update available based on the user-agent +string created by UpdateInformationProvider::getUserAgent, the data used there is +extracted from instdir/program/versionrc and the update server takes the buildid into +account, so to experiment with the updates from a dev version getUserAgent needs +to return a recognized id. + ## OLE Automation Bridge A bridge between "OLE automation" and UNO, so you can use UNO services diff --git a/extensions/source/update/feed/updatefeed.cxx b/extensions/source/update/feed/updatefeed.cxx index 632724118c98..b1bc6851edef 100644 --- a/extensions/source/update/feed/updatefeed.cxx +++ b/extensions/source/update/feed/updatefeed.cxx @@ -365,7 +365,9 @@ OUString UpdateInformationProvider::getUserAgent(bool bExtended) aUserAgent = aUserAgent.replaceAll("<PRODUCT>", product); aUserAgent = aUserAgent.replaceAll("<OPTIONAL_OS_HW_DATA>", aExtended); SAL_INFO("extensions.update", "UpdateUserAgent: " << aUserAgent); - + // if you want to debug online updates from a dev version, then uncommenting this (adjust for platform) + // might be helpful + // return "LibreOffice 7.3.5.2 (184fe81b8c8c30d8b5082578aee2fed2ea847c01; Linux; X86_64; )"; return aUserAgent; } |