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'''Beginning with the 8-25 builds, if you download nightly Firefox and Thunderbird builds (both the branch and trunk) you will automatically be updated to the latest build. If you wish to opt out of this and you don't want to be updated, go into your Preferences and change the pref to "Ask me what I want to do."'''  
'''Beginning with the 8-25 builds, if you download nightly Firefox and Thunderbird builds (both the branch and trunk) you will automatically be updated to the latest build. If you wish to opt out of this and you don't want to be updated, go into your Preferences and change the pref to "Ask me what I want to do."'''  
Q: I ran "Check for Updates..." from the Help Menu and got a dialog box with AUS: Update XML file not found (404) in bold letters. Why did the check for updates give this message?
A: The current server doesn't work the Deer Park update service.  For testing purposes you have to point Deer Park to a specific test server. -Enter about:config in your URL bar.
-Search for app.update.url, then modify the value from https://aus.mozilla.org/update2/0/%PRODUCT%/%VERSION%/%BUILD_ID%/%BUILD_TARGET%/%LOCALE%/update.xml to
https://aus-staging.mozilla.org:8711/update2/0/%PRODUCT%/%VERSION%/%BUILD_ID%/%BUILD_TARGET%/%LOCALE%/update.xml
-Now run the manual update.


Q: I ran "Check for Updates..." from the Help Menu and got a dialog box with AUS: Update XML file not found (404) in bold letters. I clicked on the link http:/www.mozilla.org/update so I could go manually download the update. Why did it take me to a Mozilla page saying 403: Access Forbidden?
Q: I ran "Check for Updates..." from the Help Menu and got a dialog box with AUS: Update XML file not found (404) in bold letters. I clicked on the link http:/www.mozilla.org/update so I could go manually download the update. Why did it take me to a Mozilla page saying 403: Access Forbidden?

Revision as of 18:23, 25 August 2005

Software Update Testing FAQ

Beginning with the 8-25 builds, if you download nightly Firefox and Thunderbird builds (both the branch and trunk) you will automatically be updated to the latest build. If you wish to opt out of this and you don't want to be updated, go into your Preferences and change the pref to "Ask me what I want to do."

Q: I ran "Check for Updates..." from the Help Menu and got a dialog box with AUS: Update XML file not found (404) in bold letters. I clicked on the link http:/www.mozilla.org/update so I could go manually download the update. Why did it take me to a Mozilla page saying 403: Access Forbidden?

A: Please see bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301321 The developers are in the process of deciding what that link should do.

Q: I'm seeing a certificates warning and domain name mismatch dialog when running Software Update on the test server. Is this server secure?

A: Yes, the warning and dialogs are expected because the server isn't configured with the correct cert. Just grant permission in the dialogs and the update will proceed as expected. This will not be a problem when update goes "Live" to the public. Please see bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=304286


Q: Auto-update progress in the Help menu appears to be spinning forever.

A: Auto-update is design to incrementally download the available update in the background over an extended period of time. (approx. 90 minutes of Deer Park uptime) The developers did this to save user bandwidth and server load.

Q: I am seeing a confusing in the update dialog; "Deer Park was unable to verify the integrity of the incremental update it downloaded ...."

A: Please see bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305321 This is happening because the update is found before all of the needed files are available on the mirror. What a while a try again, later.


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